Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 24
VaP 2 24.1
सूत उवाच।। निसर्गं मनु पुत्राणां विस्तरेण निबोधत। पृषध्रो हिसयित्वा तु गुरोर्गावमभक्षयत्
sūta uvāca|| nisargaṃ manu putrāṇāṃ vistareṇa nibodhata| pṛṣadhro hisayitvā tu gurorgāvamabhakṣayat
Sūta said: Learn in detail the dispersal (of the offspring) of Manu's sons. Pṛṣadhra, having killed his teacher's cow, ate it.
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VaP 2 24.2
शापाच्छूद्रत्वमापन्नश्च्यवनस्य महात्मनः। करूषस्य तु कारूषः क्षत्रियो युद्धदुर्मदः
śāpācchūdratvamāpannaścyavanasya mahātmanaḥ| karūṣasya tu kārūṣaḥ kṣatriyo yuddhadurmadaḥ
By the curse of the great-souled Cyavana he fell into the condition of a Śūdra. From Karūṣa came the Kārūṣas, kṣatriyas mad for battle,
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VaP 2 24.3
सहस्रक्षत्रियगणविक्रान्तः संबभूव ह। नाभागारिष्टपुत्रस्तु विद्वानासीद्भलन्दनः
sahasrakṣatriyagaṇavikrāntaḥ saṃbabhūva ha| nābhāgāriṣṭaputrastu vidvānāsīdbhalandanaḥ
who were as valorous as a thousand hosts of kṣatriyas. But the son of Nābhāga-Ariṣṭa was the learned Bhalandana.
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VaP 2 24.4
भलन्दनस्य पुत्रोऽभूत् प्रांशुर्नाम महाबलः। प्रांशोरेकोऽभवत् पुत्रः प्रजानिरिति विश्रुतः
bhalandanasya putro'bhūt prāṃśurnāma mahābalaḥ| prāṃśoreko'bhavat putraḥ prajāniriti viśrutaḥ
Bhalandana's son was named Prāṃśu, of great strength. Prāṃśu had one son, well known as Prajāni.
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VaP 2 24.5
प्रजानेरभवत् पुत्रः खनित्रो नाम वीर्यवान्। तस्य पुत्रोऽभवच्छ्रीमान् क्षुपो नाम महायशाः
prajānerabhavat putraḥ khanitro nāma vīryavān| tasya putro'bhavacchrīmān kṣupo nāma mahāyaśāḥ
Prajāni's son was the valiant one named Khanitra; his son was the illustrious, greatly famed one named Kṣupa.
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VaP 2 24.6
क्षुपस्य विंशः पुत्रस्तु प्रतिमा न बभूव ह। विंशपुत्रस्तु कल्याणो विविंशो नाम धार्मिकः
kṣupasya viṃśaḥ putrastu pratimā na babhūva ha| viṃśaputrastu kalyāṇo viviṃśo nāma dhārmikaḥ
Kṣupa's son was Viṃśa, who had no equal. Viṃśa's son was the auspicious and righteous one named Viviṃśa.
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VaP 2 24.7
विविंशपुत्रो धर्मात्मा खनिनेत्रः प्रतापवान्। करन्धमस्तस्य पुत्रस्त्रेतायुगमुखेऽभवत्
viviṃśaputro dharmātmā khaninetraḥ pratāpavān| karandhamastasya putrastretāyugamukhe'bhavat
Viviṃśa's son was the righteous and majestic Khaninetra; his son Karandhama came to be at the beginning of the Tretā age.
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VaP 2 24.8
करन्धमसुतश्चापि आविक्षिन्नाम वीर्यवान्। आविक्षितो व्यतिक्रामत् पितरं गुणवत्तया
karandhamasutaścāpi āvikṣinnāma vīryavān| āvikṣito vyatikrāmat pitaraṃ guṇavattayā
Karandhama's son too was the valiant one named Āvikṣi. Āvikṣi surpassed his father in the possession of virtues.
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VaP 2 24.9
मरुत्तो नाम धर्मात्मा चक्रवर्त्तिसमो नृपः। संवर्त्तेन दिवं नीतः ससुहृत् सह बान्धवैः
marutto nāma dharmātmā cakravarttisamo nṛpaḥ| saṃvarttena divaṃ nītaḥ sasuhṛt saha bāndhavaiḥ
(His son was) the righteous king named Marutta, equal to a universal emperor; he was led to heaven by Saṃvartta together with his friends and kinsmen.
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VaP 2 24.10
विवादोऽत्र महानासीत् संवर्त्तस्य बृहस्पतेः। ऋद्धिं दृष्ट्वा तु यज्ञस्य क्रुद्धस्तस्य बृहस्पतिः
vivādo'tra mahānāsīt saṃvarttasya bṛhaspateḥ| ṛddhiṃ dṛṣṭvā tu yajñasya kruddhastasya bṛhaspatiḥ
On this occasion there was a great quarrel between Saṃvartta and Bṛhaspati; for seeing the abundance of his sacrifice, Bṛhaspati grew angry at him.
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VaP 2 24.11
संपर्त्तेन हृते यज्ञे चुकोप सुभृशन्तदा। लोकानां स हि नाशय दैवतैर्हि प्रसादितः
saṃparttena hṛte yajñe cukopa subhṛśantadā| lokānāṃ sa hi nāśaya daivatairhi prasāditaḥ
When the sacrifice had been carried off by Saṃvartta, he became exceedingly enraged; (bent) indeed upon the destruction of the worlds, he was appeased by the gods.
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VaP 2 24.12
मरुत्तश्चक्रवर्त्ती स नरिष्यन्तमवाप्तवान्। नरिष्यन्तस्य दायादो राजा दण्डधरो दमः
maruttaścakravarttī sa nariṣyantamavāptavān| nariṣyantasya dāyādo rājā daṇḍadharo damaḥ
That universal emperor Marutta obtained Nariṣyanta (as son). Nariṣyanta's heir was the king Dama, the wielder of the rod.
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VaP 2 24.13
तस्य पुत्रस्तु विक्रान्तो राजासीद्राष्ट्रवर्द्धनः । सुधृती तस्य पुत्रस्तु नरः सुधृतिनः सुतः
tasya putrastu vikrānto rājāsīdrāṣṭravarddhanaḥ | sudhṛtī tasya putrastu naraḥ sudhṛtinaḥ sutaḥ
His son was the valorous king Rāṣṭravardhana; his son was Sudhṛti, and Nara was Sudhṛti's son.
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VaP 2 24.14
केवलस्तस्य पुत्रस्तु बन्धुमान् केवलात्मजः। अथ बन्धुमतः पुत्रो धर्मात्मा वेगवान् नृपः
kevalastasya putrastu bandhumān kevalātmajaḥ| atha bandhumataḥ putro dharmātmā vegavān nṛpaḥ
His son was Kevala, and Bandhumān was Kevala's son. Then Bandhumān's son was the righteous king Vegavān.
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VaP 2 24.15
बुधो वेगवतः पुत्र स्तृणबिन्दुर्बुधात्मजः। त्रेतायुगमुखे राजा तृतीये संबभूव ह
budho vegavataḥ putra stṛṇabindurbudhātmajaḥ| tretāyugamukhe rājā tṛtīye saṃbabhūva ha
Vegavān's son was Budha, and Budha's son was Tṛṇabindu; that king came to be at the beginning of the third Tretā age.
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VaP 2 24.16
कन्या तु तस्य द्रविडा माता विश्रवसो हि सा। पुत्रश्चास्य विशालोऽभूद् राजा परमधार्मिकः
kanyā tu tasya draviḍā mātā viśravaso hi sā| putraścāsya viśālo'bhūd rājā paramadhārmikaḥ
His daughter was Draviḍā, and she indeed was the mother of Viśravas. And his son was Viśāla, a most righteous king.
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VaP 2 24.17
विशालस्य समुत्पन्ना विशाला नयनिर्मिता। विशालस्य सुतो राजा हेमचन्द्रो महाबलः
viśālasya samutpannā viśālā nayanirmitā| viśālasya suto rājā hemacandro mahābalaḥ
By Viśāla was founded Viśālā, built by (his) statecraft. Viśāla's son was the mighty king Hemacandra.
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VaP 2 24.18
सुचन्द्र इति विख्यातो हेमचन्द्रादनन्तरम्। सुचन्द्रतनयो राजा धूम्राश्च इति विश्रुतः
sucandra iti vikhyāto hemacandrādanantaram| sucandratanayo rājā dhūmrāśca iti viśrutaḥ
After Hemacandra (came the one) renowned as Sucandra; Sucandra's son was the king celebrated as Dhūmrāśva.
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VaP 2 24.19
धूम्राश्वतनयो विद्वान् सृञ्जयः समपद्यत। सृञ्जयस्य सुतः श्रीमान् सहदेवः प्रतापवान्
dhūmrāśvatanayo vidvān sṛñjayaḥ samapadyata| sṛñjayasya sutaḥ śrīmān sahadevaḥ pratāpavān
Dhūmrāśva's son was the learned Sṛñjaya; Sṛñjaya's son was the illustrious, majestic Sahadeva.
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VaP 2 24.20
कृशाश्वः सहदेवस्य पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः। कृशाश्वस्य महातेजाः सोमदत्तः प्रतापवान्
kṛśāśvaḥ sahadevasya putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ| kṛśāśvasya mahātejāḥ somadattaḥ pratāpavān
Sahadeva's son was Kṛśāśva, supremely righteous; Kṛśāśva's (son) was the greatly brilliant, majestic Somadatta.
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VaP 2 24.21
सोमदत्तस्य राजर्षेः सुतोभूज्जनमेजयः। जनमेजयात्मजश्चैव प्रमतिर्नाम विश्रुतः
somadattasya rājarṣeḥ sutobhūjjanamejayaḥ| janamejayātmajaścaiva pramatirnāma viśrutaḥ
Of the royal sage Somadatta the son was Janamejaya; and Janamejaya's son was the one renowned by the name Pramati.
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VaP 2 24.22
तृणबिन्दुप्रसादेन सर्वे वैशालका नृपाः । दीर्घायुषो महात्मानो वीर्यवन्तः सुधार्मिकाः
tṛṇabinduprasādena sarve vaiśālakā nṛpāḥ | dīrghāyuṣo mahātmāno vīryavantaḥ sudhārmikāḥ
By the favour of Tṛṇabindu all the kings of Vaiśālī were long-lived, great of soul, valorous and very righteous.
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VaP 2 24.23
शर्यातेर्मिथुनं त्वासीदानार्तो नाम विश्रुतः। पुत्रः सुकन्या कन्या न भार्याया च्यवनस्य तु
śaryātermithunaṃ tvāsīdānārto nāma viśrutaḥ| putraḥ sukanyā kanyā na bhāryāyā cyavanasya tu
Of Śaryāti there was a pair (of twins): the son renowned by the name Ānarta, and the daughter Sukanyā, who (became) the wife of Cyavana.
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VaP 2 24.24
आनार्त्तस्य तु दायादो रेवो नाम्ना तु वीर्यवान्। आनर्त्तो विषयो यस्य पुरी चापि कुशस्थली
ānārttasya tu dāyādo revo nāmnā tu vīryavān| ānartto viṣayo yasya purī cāpi kuśasthalī
But Ānarta's heir was the valorous one named Reva, whose territory was Ānarta and whose city was Kuśasthalī.
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VaP 2 24.25
रेवस्य रैवतः पुत्रः ककुझी नाम धार्मिकः। ज्येष्ठो भ्रातृशतस्यासीद्राजा प्राप्य कुशस्थलीम्
revasya raivataḥ putraḥ kakujhī nāma dhārmikaḥ| jyeṣṭho bhrātṛśatasyāsīdrājā prāpya kuśasthalīm
Reva's son was Raivata, righteous, named Kakudmin; he was the eldest of a hundred brothers and became king, having obtained Kuśasthalī.
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VaP 2 24.26
कन्यया सह श्रुत्वा च गन्धर्वं ब्रह्मणोऽन्तिके। मुहूर्त्तं देवदेवस्य मार्त्यं बहुयुगं विभोः
kanyayā saha śrutvā ca gandharvaṃ brahmaṇo'ntike| muhūrttaṃ devadevasya mārtyaṃ bahuyugaṃ vibhoḥ
And having listened, together with his daughter, to gandharva (music) in Brahmā's presence — a moment of the God of gods, of the Lord, is many ages for a mortal —
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VaP 2 24.27
आजगाम युवा चैव स्वां पुरीं यादवैर्वृताम्। कृतां द्वारवतीं नाम बहुद्वारां मनोरमाम्
ājagāma yuvā caiva svāṃ purīṃ yādavairvṛtām| kṛtāṃ dvāravatīṃ nāma bahudvārāṃ manoramām
the youth came to his own city, thronged with Yādavas, which had been made (and) named Dvāravatī, with many gates, delightful,
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VaP 2 24.28
भोजवृष्ट्यन्धकैर्गुप्तां वसुदेवपुरोगमैः। ताङ्कथां रैवतः श्रुत्वा यथातत्त्वमरिन्दमः
bhojavṛṣṭyandhakairguptāṃ vasudevapurogamaiḥ| tāṅkathāṃ raivataḥ śrutvā yathātattvamarindamaḥ
guarded by the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, led by Vasudeva. Having heard that account as it truly was, Raivata, the subduer of foes,
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VaP 2 24.29
कन्या तु बलदेवाय सुव्रतां नाम रेवतीम्। दत्त्वा जगाम शिखरं मेरोस्तपसि संस्थितः
kanyā tu baladevāya suvratāṃ nāma revatīm| dattvā jagāma śikharaṃ merostapasi saṃsthitaḥ
having given his daughter Revatī, called Suvratā, to Baladeva, went to the peak of Meru and settled there in ascetic practice.
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VaP 2 24.30
रेमे रामश्च धर्मात्मा रेवत्या सहितः किल। तां कथामृषयः श्रुत्वा पप्रच्छुस्तदनन्तरम्
reme rāmaśca dharmātmā revatyā sahitaḥ kila| tāṃ kathāmṛṣayaḥ śrutvā papracchustadanantaram
And Rāma, whose nature was righteousness, took his pleasure, it is said, together with Revatī. Having heard that account, the sages thereupon asked:
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VaP 2 24.31
ऋष्य ऊचुः ।। कथं बहुयुगे काले व्यतीते सूतनन्दन। न जरां रेवती प्राप्ता पलितञ्च कुतः प्रभो
ṛṣya ūcuḥ || kathaṃ bahuyuge kāle vyatīte sūtanandana| na jarāṃ revatī prāptā palitañca kutaḥ prabho
The sages said: How, O son of the Sūta, when a time of many ages had passed, did Revatī not reach old age, and whence (no) grey hair, O lord?
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VaP 2 24.32
मेरुं गतस्य वा तस्य शर्य्यातेः सन्ततिः कथम्। स्थिता पृथिव्यामद्यापि श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
meruṃ gatasya vā tasya śaryyāteḥ santatiḥ katham| sthitā pṛthivyāmadyāpi śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ
And how, when that Śaryāti(-descendant) had gone to Meru, did his line remain on earth even today? I wish to hear it as it truly is.
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VaP 2 24.33
कियन्तो वा सुरगणा गन्धर्व्वास्तत्र कीदृशाः। यच्छ्रुत्वा रैवतः कालान् मुहूर्त्तमिव मन्यते
kiyanto vā suragaṇā gandharvvāstatra kīdṛśāḥ| yacchrutvā raivataḥ kālān muhūrttamiva manyate
And how many were the hosts of gods, and of what sort the gandharvas there, on hearing whom Raivata reckoned (that long stretch) of time as but a moment?
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VaP 2 24.34
सूत उवाच।। न जरा क्षुत्पिपासा वा न च मृत्युभयं ततः। न च रोगः प्रभवति ब्रह्मलोकगतस्य हि
sūta uvāca|| na jarā kṣutpipāsā vā na ca mṛtyubhayaṃ tataḥ| na ca rogaḥ prabhavati brahmalokagatasya hi
The Sūta said: There is no old age there, nor hunger and thirst, nor fear of death, and no disease has power over one who has gone to the world of Brahmā.
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VaP 2 24.35
गान्धर्व्वं प्रति यच्चापि पृष्टस्तु मुनिसत्तमाः। ततोऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि याथातथ्येन सुव्रताः
gāndharvvaṃ prati yaccāpi pṛṣṭastu munisattamāḥ| tato'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi yāthātathyena suvratāḥ
And as for what I have been asked concerning the gandharva (art), O best of sages — that I shall accordingly expound just as it is, O you of good vows.
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VaP 2 24.36
सप्त स्वरास्त्रयो ग्रामा मूर्च्छनास्त्वेकविंशतिः। तालाश्चैकोनपञ्चाशदित्येतत् स्वरमण्डलम्
sapta svarāstrayo grāmā mūrcchanāstvekaviṃśatiḥ| tālāścaikonapañcāśadityetat svaramaṇḍalam
Seven notes, three scales, twenty-one mūrcchanās, and forty-nine tālas — this is the circle of tones.
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VaP 2 24.37
षड्जर्षभौ च गान्धारो मध्यमः पञ्चमस्तथा। धैवतश्चापि विज्ञेयस्तथा चापि निषादवान्
ṣaḍjarṣabhau ca gāndhāro madhyamaḥ pañcamastathā| dhaivataścāpi vijñeyastathā cāpi niṣādavān
Ṣaḍja and Ṛṣabha, Gāndhāra, Madhyama and likewise Pañcama; Dhaivata too is to be known, and so also the one having Niṣāda.
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VaP 2 24.38
सौवीरी मध्यमग्रामो हरिणास्या तथैव च। स्यात्कलोपबलोपेता चतुर्थी शुद्धमध्यमा
sauvīrī madhyamagrāmo hariṇāsyā tathaiva ca| syātkalopabalopetā caturthī śuddhamadhyamā
Sauvīrī is the madhyama scale, and likewise Hariṇāsyā; the (third) would be that joined with kalopabala, and the fourth is Śuddhamadhyamā.
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VaP 2 24.39
शार्ङ्गी च पावनी चैव दृष्टाका च यथाक्रमम्। म्ध्यमग्रामिकीः ख्याताः षड्जग्रामं निबोधत
śārṅgī ca pāvanī caiva dṛṣṭākā ca yathākramam| mdhyamagrāmikīḥ khyātāḥ ṣaḍjagrāmaṃ nibodhata
And Śārṅgī, and Pāvanī, and Dṛṣṭākā, in that order: these are declared to belong to the madhyama scale. Now learn of the ṣaḍja scale.
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VaP 2 24.40
उत्तरमन्द्रा रजनी तथा या चोत्तरायता। शुद्धषड्जा तथा चैव जानीयात् सप्तमां च ताम्
uttaramandrā rajanī tathā yā cottarāyatā| śuddhaṣaḍjā tathā caiva jānīyāt saptamāṃ ca tām
Uttaramandrā, Rajanī, and she who is Uttarāyatā, and likewise Śuddhaṣaḍjā — and one should know that seventh one too.
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VaP 2 24.41
गान्धारग्रामि कांश्चान्यान् कीर्त्यमानान् निबोधत। आग्निष्टोमिकमाद्यन्तु द्वितीयं वाजपेयिकम्
gāndhāragrāmi kāṃścānyān kīrtyamānān nibodhata| āgniṣṭomikamādyantu dvitīyaṃ vājapeyikam
Learn now of certain others belonging to the gāndhāra scale, as they are recited: the first is Āgniṣṭomika, the second Vājapeyika.
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VaP 2 24.42
तृतीयं पौण्ड्रकं प्रोक्तं चतुर्थं चाश्वमेधिकम्। पञ्चमं राजसूयं व षष्ठं चक्रसुवर्णकम्
tṛtīyaṃ pauṇḍrakaṃ proktaṃ caturthaṃ cāśvamedhikam| pañcamaṃ rājasūyaṃ va ṣaṣṭhaṃ cakrasuvarṇakam
The third is called Pauṇḍraka, the fourth Āśvamedhika, the fifth Rājasūya, and the sixth Cakrasuvarṇaka.
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VaP 2 24.43
सप्तमं गोसवं नाम महावृष्टिकमष्टमम्। ब्रह्मदानञ्च नवमं प्राजापत्यमनन्तरम्
saptamaṃ gosavaṃ nāma mahāvṛṣṭikamaṣṭamam| brahmadānañca navamaṃ prājāpatyamanantaram
The seventh is named Gosava, the eighth Mahāvṛṣṭika, the ninth Brahmadāna, and next Prājāpatya.
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VaP 2 24.44
नागपक्षाश्रयं विद्याद्गोतरञ्च तथैव च। हयक्रान्तं मृगक्रान्तं विष्णुक्रान्तं मनोहरम्
nāgapakṣāśrayaṃ vidyādgotarañca tathaiva ca| hayakrāntaṃ mṛgakrāntaṃ viṣṇukrāntaṃ manoharam
One should know Nāgapakṣāśraya, and likewise Gotara, Hayakrānta, Mṛgakrānta, and the charming Viṣṇukrānta.
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VaP 2 24.45
सूर्य्यक्रान्तं वरेण्यञ्च मत्तकोकिलवादिनम्। सावित्रमर्द्धसावित्रं सर्व्वतो मद्रमेव च
sūryyakrāntaṃ vareṇyañca mattakokilavādinam| sāvitramarddhasāvitraṃ sarvvato madrameva ca
Sūryakrānta and Vareṇya, Mattakokilavādin, Sāvitra and Ardhasāvitra, and Sarvatomadra.
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VaP 2 24.46
सुवर्णञ्च सुतन्द्रञ्च विष्णुवैष्णुवरावुभौ। सागरं विजयञ्चैव सर्वभूतमनोहरम्
suvarṇañca sutandrañca viṣṇuvaiṣṇuvarāvubhau| sāgaraṃ vijayañcaiva sarvabhūtamanoharam
And Suvarṇa and Sutandra, both Viṣṇu and Vaiṣṇavara, Sāgara and Vijaya, and Sarvabhūtamanohara.
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VaP 2 24.47
हंसं ज्येष्ठं विजानीमस्तुम्बुरुप्रियमेव च। मनोहरमधात्र्यञ्च गन्धर्वानुगतश्च यः
haṃsaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ vijānīmastumburupriyameva ca| manoharamadhātryañca gandharvānugataśca yaḥ
We know Haṃsa as the eldest, and Tumburupriya, and Manohara and Adhātrya, and that one which follows the Gandharvas.
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VaP 2 24.48
अलम्बुषेष्टश्च तथा नारदप्रिय एव च। कथितो भीमसेनेन नागराणां यथा प्रियः
alambuṣeṣṭaśca tathā nāradapriya eva ca| kathito bhīmasenena nāgarāṇāṃ yathā priyaḥ
And Alambuṣeṣṭa, and likewise Nāradapriya; it was told by Bhīmasena, as (also) the one dear to the Nāgaras.
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VaP 2 24.49
करोपनीत विनता श्रीराख्यो भार्गवप्रियः। विंशतिर्मध्यमग्रामः षड्जग्रामश्चतुर्द्दश
karopanīta vinatā śrīrākhyo bhārgavapriyaḥ| viṃśatirmadhyamagrāmaḥ ṣaḍjagrāmaścaturddaśa
Karopanītā, Vinatā, the one called Śrī, and Bhārgavapriya. The madhyama scale (has) twenty, the ṣaḍja scale fourteen.
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VaP 2 24.50
तथा पञ्चदशेच्छन्ति गान्धारग्रामसंस्थितान् । ससौवीरा तु गान्धारी ब्रह्मणा ह्युपगीयते
tathā pañcadaśecchanti gāndhāragrāmasaṃsthitān | sasauvīrā tu gāndhārī brahmaṇā hyupagīyate
And they hold that fifteen are established in the gāndhāra scale. But Gāndhārī, together with Sauvīrā, is sung by Brahmā.
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VaP 2 24.51
उत्तरादिस्वरस्यैव ब्रह्मा वै देवताऽत्र च। हरिदेशसमुत्पन्ना हरिणास्या व्यजायत। मूर्च्छना हरिणास्यैव अस्या इन्द्रोऽधिदैवतम्
uttarādisvarasyaiva brahmā vai devatā'tra ca| harideśasamutpannā hariṇāsyā vyajāyata| mūrcchanā hariṇāsyaiva asyā indro'dhidaivatam
Here Brahmā is indeed the deity of the uttara and the other notes. Hariṇāsyā arose, born in the region of Hari; the mūrcchanā of Hariṇāsyā itself — its presiding deity is Indra.
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VaP 2 24.52
करोपनीतवितता मरुद्भिः स्वरमण्डले। सा कलोपनता तस्मान्मारुतश्चात्र दैवतम्
karopanītavitatā marudbhiḥ svaramaṇḍale| sā kalopanatā tasmānmārutaścātra daivatam
Karopanītā was spread out by the Maruts in the circle of notes; she is therefore Kalopanatā, and here the deity is Māruta (the wind).
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VaP 2 24.53
मनुदेशसमुत्पन्ना मूर्च्छना शुद्धमध्यम्। मध्यमोऽत्र स्वरः शुद्धो गन्धर्व्वश्चात्र देवता
manudeśasamutpannā mūrcchanā śuddhamadhyam| madhyamo'tra svaraḥ śuddho gandharvvaścātra devatā
The mūrcchanā Śuddhamadhyamā arose in the region of Manu; here the note is the pure madhyama, and here the deity is the Gandharva.
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VaP 2 24.54
मृगैः सह सञ्चरते सिद्धानां मार्गदर्शने। यस्मात्तस्मात् स्मृता मार्गी मृगेन्द्रोऽस्याश्च देवता
mṛgaiḥ saha sañcarate siddhānāṃ mārgadarśane| yasmāttasmāt smṛtā mārgī mṛgendro'syāśca devatā
She moves about together with the deer when the Siddhas are shown the way; for that reason she is called Mārgī, and her deity is the lord of beasts (the lion).
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VaP 2 24.55
सा चाश्रमसमायुक्ता अनेकान् पौरवान् रवान्। मूर्च्छना योजना ह्येषा रजसा रजनी ततः
sā cāśramasamāyuktā anekān pauravān ravān| mūrcchanā yojanā hyeṣā rajasā rajanī tataḥ
And she, joined to the hermitage, (has) many pauravan sounds; this mūrcchanā is a joining, and from rajas she is then Rajanī.
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VaP 2 24.56
ताल उत्तरमन्द्रांशः षड्जदैवतकां विदुः। तस्मादुत्तरतालञ्च प्रथमं स्वायतं विदुः। तस्मादुत्तरमन्द्रोऽयं देवतास्य ध्रुवो ध्रुवम्
tāla uttaramandrāṃśaḥ ṣaḍjadaivatakāṃ viduḥ| tasmāduttaratālañca prathamaṃ svāyataṃ viduḥ| tasmāduttaramandro'yaṃ devatāsya dhruvo dhruvam
They know the tāla to have Uttaramandrā as its portion, with ṣaḍja as its deity; therefore they know the first as Uttaratāla, well extended; therefore this Uttaramandra — its deity is Dhruva, firmly.
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VaP 2 24.57
अपानादुत्तरत्वाच्च धैवतस्योत्तरायणः। स्यादियं मूर्च्छना ह्येवं पितरः श्राद्धदेवताः
apānāduttaratvācca dhaivatasyottarāyaṇaḥ| syādiyaṃ mūrcchanā hyevaṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhadevatāḥ
And because of being northward from the apāna, (there is) the northward course of the dhaivata; thus this mūrcchanā would be, and the Fathers are the deities of the śrāddha.
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VaP 2 24.58
शुद्धषड्जस्वरं कृत्वा यस्मादग्निं महर्षयः। उपतिष्ठन्ति तस्मात्तं जानीयाच्छुद्धषड्जिकम्
śuddhaṣaḍjasvaraṃ kṛtvā yasmādagniṃ maharṣayaḥ| upatiṣṭhanti tasmāttaṃ jānīyācchuddhaṣaḍjikam
Since the great seers attend upon Agni after making the pure ṣaḍja note (their basic tone), one should know that (mūrcchanā) as the śuddhaṣaḍjika.
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VaP 2 24.59
यः सतां मूर्च्छनां कृत्वा पञ्चमस्वरको भवेत् । यक्षीणां मूर्च्छना सा तु याक्षिका मूर्च्छना स्मृता
yaḥ satāṃ mūrcchanāṃ kṛtvā pañcamasvarako bhavet | yakṣīṇāṃ mūrcchanā sā tu yākṣikā mūrcchanā smṛtā
That which, when the mūrcchanā of the good (or: of the seven notes) has been made, becomes one having the fifth (pañcama) as its note — that is the mūrcchanā of the yakṣīs, and it is remembered as the Yākṣikā mūrcchanā.
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VaP 2 24.60
नागदृष्टिर्विषा गीता नोपसर्पन्ति मूर्च्छनाम्। भवन्तीव हृता ह्येते ब्रह्मणा नागदेवताः। अहीनां मूर्च्छना ह्येषा वरुणश्चात्र देवता
nāgadṛṣṭirviṣā gītā nopasarpanti mūrcchanām| bhavantīva hṛtā hyete brahmaṇā nāgadevatāḥ| ahīnāṃ mūrcchanā hyeṣā varuṇaścātra devatā
(When) the serpents' gaze, poisonous, is sung of, they do not approach the mūrcchanā; these serpent-deities become, as it were, carried off by Brahmā. This indeed is the mūrcchanā of the snakes, and Varuṇa is its deity here.
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VaP 2 24.61
शकुन्तकानां कृत्वा च उपमां यान्ति किन्नराः । उत्तमां मूर्च्छना तस्मात् पक्षिराजोऽत्र देवता
śakuntakānāṃ kṛtvā ca upamāṃ yānti kinnarāḥ | uttamāṃ mūrcchanā tasmāt pakṣirājo'tra devatā
And having made (a comparison) with the little birds, the kinnaras attain likeness (to them); therefore (this is) the highest mūrcchanā, and the king of birds is the deity here.
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VaP 2 24.62
गान्धाररागशब्देन गां च धारयतेऽर्थतः। तस्माद्विशुद्धगान्धारी गन्धर्वश्चाधिदैवतम्
gāndhārarāgaśabdena gāṃ ca dhārayate'rthataḥ| tasmādviśuddhagāndhārī gandharvaścādhidaivatam
By the word 'gāndhāra-rāga', and because it holds the tone (gām) in respect of meaning, it is therefore the Viśuddhagāndhārī, and the Gandharva is its presiding deity.
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VaP 2 24.63
गान्धारानन्तरं गत्वा सृष्टेयं मूर्च्छना यतः। तस्मादुत्तरगान्धारी वसवश्चात्र देवताः
gāndhārānantaraṃ gatvā sṛṣṭeyaṃ mūrcchanā yataḥ| tasmāduttaragāndhārī vasavaścātra devatāḥ
Since this mūrcchanā was produced by going next after the gāndhāra, it is therefore the Uttaragāndhārī, and the Vasus are its deities here.
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VaP 2 24.64
सेयं खलु महाभूता पितामह मुपस्थिता। षड्जेयं मूर्च्छना तस्मात् स्मृता ह्यनलदेवता
seyaṃ khalu mahābhūtā pitāmaha mupasthitā| ṣaḍjeyaṃ mūrcchanā tasmāt smṛtā hyanaladevatā
This very one, being of great elements (or: of great beings), was presented to the Grandfather; therefore this mūrcchanā is the ṣaḍjā, and is remembered as having Fire for its deity.
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VaP 2 24.65
दिव्येयं चायता तेन मन्दषष्ठा च मूर्च्छने। निवृत्तगुणनामानं पञ्चमञ्चात्र धैवतम्
divyeyaṃ cāyatā tena mandaṣaṣṭhā ca mūrcchane| nivṛttaguṇanāmānaṃ pañcamañcātra dhaivatam
And by that this divine one is extended, and among the mūrcchanās there is the Mandaṣaṣṭhā; and here the fifth (pañcama), which bears the name of the ceased quality, is the dhaivata.
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VaP 2 24.66
पूर्णाः सप्तस्वरा ह्येवं मूर्च्छनाः संप्रकीर्त्तिताः। नानासाधारणाश्चैव षडेवानुविदस्तथा
pūrṇāḥ saptasvarā hyevaṃ mūrcchanāḥ saṃprakīrttitāḥ| nānāsādhāraṇāścaiva ṣaḍevānuvidastathā
Thus the mūrcchanās, full with the seven notes, have been fully declared; and the various shared (notes) too, and likewise just the six subordinate ones.
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