Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 26
VaP 2 26.1
सूत उवाच।। ककुद्मिनस्तु तं लोकं रैवतस्य गतस्य ह। हताः पुण्यजनैः सर्व्वा राक्षसैः सा कुशस्थली
sūta uvāca|| kakudminastu taṃ lokaṃ raivatasya gatasya ha| hatāḥ puṇyajanaiḥ sarvvā rākṣasaiḥ sā kuśasthalī
Sūta said: But when Kakudmin, (son) of Raivata, had gone to that world, all of Kuśasthalī was destroyed by the Puṇyajanas, the rākṣasas.
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VaP 2 26.2
तद्वै भ्रातृशतं तस्य धार्म्मिकस्य महात्मनः। निबध्यमाना रक्षोभिर्दिशः संप्राद्रवन् भयात्
tadvai bhrātṛśataṃ tasya dhārmmikasya mahātmanaḥ| nibadhyamānā rakṣobhirdiśaḥ saṃprādravan bhayāt
That hundred of brothers of his, the righteous great-souled one, being bound fast by the rākṣasas, fled in all directions out of fear.
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VaP 2 26.3
तेषान्तु ते भयाक्रान्ताः क्षत्रियास्तत्र तत्र हि। अन्ववायस्तु सुमहान् महांस्तत्र द्विजोत्तमाः
teṣāntu te bhayākrāntāḥ kṣatriyāstatra tatra hi| anvavāyastu sumahān mahāṃstatra dvijottamāḥ
Overcome with fear from them, those kṣatriyas (settled) here and there; and their lineage became very great and mighty there, O best of the twice-born.
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VaP 2 26.4
प्रयता इति विख्याता दिक्षु सर्व्वासु धार्म्मिकाः। धृष्टस्य धार्ष्टकं क्षत्रं रणधृष्टं बभूव ह
prayatā iti vikhyātā dikṣu sarvvāsu dhārmmikāḥ| dhṛṣṭasya dhārṣṭakaṃ kṣatraṃ raṇadhṛṣṭaṃ babhūva ha
They became known as the Prayatas, righteous men in all the directions. From Dhṛṣṭa arose the Dhārṣṭaka kṣatra, bold in battle.
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VaP 2 26.5
त्रिसाहस्रन्तु सगणं क्षत्रियाणां महात्मनाम्। नभगस्य च दायादो नाभागो नाम वीर्य्यवान्
trisāhasrantu sagaṇaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahātmanām| nabhagasya ca dāyādo nābhāgo nāma vīryyavān
(It numbered) three thousand together with their troops, of great-souled kṣatriyas. And the heir of Nabhaga was the valiant one named Nābhāga.
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VaP 2 26.6
अम्बरीषस्तु नाभागिर्विरूपस्तस्य चात्मजः। पृषदश्वो विरूपस्य तस्य पुत्रो रथीतरः
ambarīṣastu nābhāgirvirūpastasya cātmajaḥ| pṛṣadaśvo virūpasya tasya putro rathītaraḥ
Ambarīṣa was Nābhāgi, and his son was Virūpa; Pṛṣadaśva was Virūpa's (son), and his son was Rathītara.
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VaP 2 26.7
एते क्षत्रप्रसूता वै पुनश्चाङ्गिरसः स्मृताः । रथीतराणां प्रवराः क्षात्रोपेता द्विजातयः
ete kṣatraprasūtā vai punaścāṅgirasaḥ smṛtāḥ | rathītarāṇāṃ pravarāḥ kṣātropetā dvijātayaḥ
These, though born of Kṣatriyas, are again reckoned as Āṅgirasas; the foremost among the Rathītaras, twice-born men endowed with Kṣatriya (qualities).
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VaP 2 26.8
क्षुवतस्तु मनोः पूर्व्वमिक्ष्याकुरभिनिःसृतः । तस्य पुत्रशतं त्वासीदिक्ष्वाकोर्भूरिदक्षिणम्
kṣuvatastu manoḥ pūrvvamikṣyākurabhiniḥsṛtaḥ | tasya putraśataṃ tvāsīdikṣvākorbhūridakṣiṇam
Now when Manu sneezed, Ikṣvāku came forth first (from his nose); and Ikṣvāku, giver of abundant gifts, had a hundred sons.
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VaP 2 26.9
तेषां ज्येष्ठो विकुक्षिश्च नेमिर्दण्डश्च ते त्रयः। शकुनिप्रमुखास्तस्य पुत्राः पंचाशतस्तु ते
teṣāṃ jyeṣṭho vikukṣiśca nemirdaṇḍaśca te trayaḥ| śakunipramukhāstasya putrāḥ paṃcāśatastu te
Of them the eldest was Vikukṣi, and Nemi and Daṇḍa — these three; and his fifty sons were headed by Śakuni.
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VaP 2 26.10
उत्तरापथदेशस्य रक्षितारो महीक्षितः। चत्वारिंशत्तथाष्टौ च दक्षिणस्याञ्च ते दिशि
uttarāpathadeśasya rakṣitāro mahīkṣitaḥ| catvāriṃśattathāṣṭau ca dakṣiṇasyāñca te diśi
They were rulers of the earth, protectors of the northern region; and forty-eight of them (were) in the southern quarter.
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VaP 2 26.11
विंशतिप्रमुखास्ते तु दक्षिणापथरक्षिणः। इक्ष्वाकुस्तु विकुक्षिं वै अष्टकायामथादिशेत्
viṃśatipramukhāste tu dakṣiṇāpatharakṣiṇaḥ| ikṣvākustu vikukṣiṃ vai aṣṭakāyāmathādiśet
Those, headed by twenty, were the protectors of the southern region. Now Ikṣvāku instructed Vikukṣi at (the rite of) the Aṣṭakā.
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VaP 2 26.12
राजोवाच।। मांसमानय श्राद्धेयं मृगान् हत्वा महाबल। श्राद्धमद्य नु कर्तव्यमष्टकायां न संशयः
rājovāca|| māṃsamānaya śrāddheyaṃ mṛgān hatvā mahābala| śrāddhamadya nu kartavyamaṣṭakāyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
The king said: "Bring meat fit for the śrāddha, having killed deer, O mighty one; the śrāddha must be performed today at the Aṣṭakā — there is no doubt."
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VaP 2 26.13
स गतस्तु मृगव्यां वै वचनात्तस्य धीमतः। मृगान् सहस्रशो हत्वा परिश्रान्तश्च वीर्य्यवान्। भक्षयच्छशकन्तत्र विकुक्षिर्मृगयाङ्गतः
sa gatastu mṛgavyāṃ vai vacanāttasya dhīmataḥ| mṛgān sahasraśo hatvā pariśrāntaśca vīryyavān| bhakṣayacchaśakantatra vikukṣirmṛgayāṅgataḥ
So he went out hunting at the word of that wise (king); and having slain deer by the thousands, the valorous one grew weary, and there Vikukṣi, gone to the hunt, ate a hare.
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VaP 2 26.14
आगते स विकुक्षौ तु समांसे सहसैनिके। वसिष्ठञ्चोदयामास मांसं प्रोक्षयतामिति
āgate sa vikukṣau tu samāṃse sahasainike| vasiṣṭhañcodayāmāsa māṃsaṃ prokṣayatāmiti
When Vikukṣi had come back with the meat, together with his troops, he (the king) urged Vasiṣṭha, saying, "Let the meat be consecrated with sprinkling."
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VaP 2 26.15
तथेति चोदितो राज्ञा विधिवत्समुपस्थितः। स दृष्ट्वोपहतं मांसं क्रुद्धो राजानमब्रवीत्
tatheti codito rājñā vidhivatsamupasthitaḥ| sa dṛṣṭvopahataṃ māṃsaṃ kruddho rājānamabravīt
Urged by the king, (Vasiṣṭha) said "So be it" and duly presented himself; but seeing the meat spoiled, he angrily said to the king:
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VaP 2 26.16
शूद्रेणोपहतं मांसं पुत्रेण तव पार्थिव। शशभक्षादभोज्यं वै तव मांसं महाद्युते
śūdreṇopahataṃ māṃsaṃ putreṇa tava pārthiva| śaśabhakṣādabhojyaṃ vai tava māṃsaṃ mahādyute
"The meat has been spoiled by a Śūdra, by your own son, O king; your meat is not fit to be eaten, (being) from an eater of hare, O greatly resplendent one."
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VaP 2 26.17
शशो दुरात्मना पूर्वमरण्ये भक्षितोऽनघ। तेन मांसमिदं दुष्टं पितॄणां नृपसत्तम
śaśo durātmanā pūrvamaraṇye bhakṣito'nagha| tena māṃsamidaṃ duṣṭaṃ pitṝṇāṃ nṛpasattama
"Earlier, in the forest, a hare was eaten by that evil-souled one, O sinless one; by that this meat for the ancestors is defiled, O best of kings."
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VaP 2 26.18
इक्ष्वाकुस्तु ततः क्रुद्धो विकुक्षिमिदमब्रवीत्। पितृकर्म्मणि निर्द्दिष्टो मया त्वं मृगयाङ्कतः। शशं भक्षयसेऽरण्ये निर्घृणः पूर्व्वमद्य नु
ikṣvākustu tataḥ kruddho vikukṣimidamabravīt| pitṛkarmmaṇi nirddiṣṭo mayā tvaṃ mṛgayāṅkataḥ| śaśaṃ bhakṣayase'raṇye nirghṛṇaḥ pūrvvamadya nu
Then Ikṣvāku, angered, said this to Vikukṣi: "You were appointed by me to the rite for the ancestors, and you went to the hunt; pitiless, you ate a hare in the forest, first (yourself), before today's (offering)."
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VaP 2 26.19
तस्मात्परित्यजामि त्वां गच्छ त्वं स्वेन कर्म्मणा। एवमिक्ष्वाकुना त्यक्तो वसिष्ठवचनात् सुतः
tasmātparityajāmi tvāṃ gaccha tvaṃ svena karmmaṇā| evamikṣvākunā tyakto vasiṣṭhavacanāt sutaḥ
"Therefore I abandon you; go your way by your own deed." Thus the son was cast off by Ikṣvāku at Vasiṣṭha's word.
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VaP 2 26.20
इक्ष्वाकौ संस्थिते तस्मिञ्छशी स पृथिवीमिमाम् । प्राप्तः परमधर्म्मात्मा स चायोध्याधिपोऽभवत्
ikṣvākau saṃsthite tasmiñchaśī sa pṛthivīmimām | prāptaḥ paramadharmmātmā sa cāyodhyādhipo'bhavat
When that Ikṣvāku had died, that Śaśin (Śaśāda) obtained this earth; being of supremely righteous nature, he became lord of Ayodhyā.
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VaP 2 26.21
तदाकरोत्स राज्यं वै वसिष्ठपरिनोदितः। ततः स्तेनेन सा पूर्णो राज्यावस्था महीपतेः
tadākarotsa rājyaṃ vai vasiṣṭhaparinoditaḥ| tataḥ stenena sā pūrṇo rājyāvasthā mahīpateḥ
Then, urged on by Vasiṣṭha, he exercised the kingship; and then that royal condition of the lord of the earth was filled up by the thief (?).
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VaP 2 26.22
कालेन गतवांस्तत्र स च न्यूनतराङ्गतिम्। ज्ञात्वैवमेतदाख्यानं ना विधिर्भक्षयेत्तु वै
kālena gatavāṃstatra sa ca nyūnatarāṅgatim| jñātvaivametadākhyānaṃ nā vidhirbhakṣayettu vai
In time he too went there to a lower state; knowing this narrative just so, one should not eat contrary to the rule.
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VaP 2 26.23
मां सभक्षयितामुत्र यस्य मांसमिहाज्यहम्। एतन्मांसस्य मांसत्वं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः
māṃ sabhakṣayitāmutra yasya māṃsamihājyaham| etanmāṃsasya māṃsatvaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
"He whose flesh I eat here will eat me there" — this, the wise declare, is the 'flesh-ness' of flesh.
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VaP 2 26.24
शशादस्य तु दायादः ककुत्स्थो नाम वीर्य्यवान्। इन्द्रस्य वृषभूतस्य ककुत्स्थो जायते पुरा
śaśādasya tu dāyādaḥ kakutstho nāma vīryyavān| indrasya vṛṣabhūtasya kakutstho jāyate purā
Śaśāda's heir was the valorous one named Kakutstha; formerly Kakutstha was born (i.e. so named) when Indra had become a bull.
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VaP 2 26.25
पूर्व्वमाडीबके युद्धे ककुत्स्थस्तेन स स्मृतः । अनेनास्तु ककुत्स्थस्य पृथुरोमा च स स्मृतः
pūrvvamāḍībake yuddhe kakutsthastena sa smṛtaḥ | anenāstu kakutsthasya pṛthuromā ca sa smṛtaḥ
Formerly, in the battle at Āḍībaka, for that reason he is remembered as Kakutstha; and Kakutstha's (son) was Anenas, and he is remembered as Pṛthuromā.
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VaP 2 26.26
वृषदश्वः पृथोः पुत्रस्तस्मादन्ध्रस्तु वीर्य्यवान् । आन्ध्रस्तु यवनाश्वस्तु श्रावस्तस्तस्य चात्मजः
vṛṣadaśvaḥ pṛthoḥ putrastasmādandhrastu vīryyavān | āndhrastu yavanāśvastu śrāvastastasya cātmajaḥ
Vṛṣadaśva was Pṛthu's son, and from him the valorous Andhra; from Āndhra came Yavanāśva, and Śrāvasta was his son.
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VaP 2 26.27
जज्ञे श्रावस्तको राजा श्रावस्ती येन निर्मिता। श्रावस्तस्य तु दायादो बृहदश्वो महायशाः
jajñe śrāvastako rājā śrāvastī yena nirmitā| śrāvastasya tu dāyādo bṛhadaśvo mahāyaśāḥ
There was born a king called Śrāvastaka, by whom Śrāvastī was built; and Śrāvasta's heir was Bṛhadaśva of great fame.
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VaP 2 26.28
बृहदश्वसुतश्चापि कुबलाश्च इति श्रुतिः। यः स धुन्धुवधाद्राजा धुन्धुमारत्वमागतः
bṛhadaśvasutaścāpi kubalāśca iti śrutiḥ| yaḥ sa dhundhuvadhādrājā dhundhumāratvamāgataḥ
And the son of Bṛhadaśva was Kuvalāśva — so the tradition says — the king who, by slaying Dhundhu, obtained (the name) Dhundhumāra.
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VaP 2 26.29
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। धुन्धुवधं महाप्राज्ञ श्रोतुमिच्छमि विस्तरात्। यदर्थं कुबलाश्वः स धुन्धुमारत्वमागतः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || dhundhuvadhaṃ mahāprājña śrotumicchami vistarāt| yadarthaṃ kubalāśvaḥ sa dhundhumāratvamāgataḥ
The sages said: O greatly wise one, we wish to hear at length of the slaying of Dhundhu — for what reason that Kuvalāśva came to be (called) Dhundhumāra.
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VaP 2 26.30
सूत उवाच।। बृहदश्वस्य पुत्राणां सहस्राण्येकविंशतिः । सर्वे विद्यासु निष्णाता बलवन्तो दुरासदाः
sūta uvāca|| bṛhadaśvasya putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇyekaviṃśatiḥ | sarve vidyāsu niṣṇātā balavanto durāsadāḥ
Sūta said: Bṛhadaśva's sons were twenty-one thousand, all skilled in the branches of knowledge, strong, hard to assail.
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VaP 2 26.31
बभूवुर्द्धार्मिकाः सर्वे यज्वानो भूरिदक्षिणाः। कुबलाश्वं महावीर्यं शूरमुत्तमधार्मिकम्
babhūvurddhārmikāḥ sarve yajvāno bhūridakṣiṇāḥ| kubalāśvaṃ mahāvīryaṃ śūramuttamadhārmikam
They were all righteous, sacrificers, giving abundant gifts. (There was) Kuvalāśva, of great valour, a hero, supremely righteous —
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VaP 2 26.32
बृहदश्वोऽभ्यषिञ्चत्तं तस्मिन् राष्ट्रे नराधिपः। पुत्रसंक्रामितश्रीस्तु वनं राजा विवेश ह
bṛhadaśvo'bhyaṣiñcattaṃ tasmin rāṣṭre narādhipaḥ| putrasaṃkrāmitaśrīstu vanaṃ rājā viveśa ha
him Bṛhadaśva, the lord of men, consecrated (as king) over that realm; and the king, having transferred his royal fortune to his son, entered the forest.
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VaP 2 26.33
बृहदश्वं महाराजं शूरमुत्तमधार्म्मिकम् । प्रयातं तमुत्तङ्कस्तु ब्रह्मर्षिः प्रत्यवारयत्
bṛhadaśvaṃ mahārājaṃ śūramuttamadhārmmikam | prayātaṃ tamuttaṅkastu brahmarṣiḥ pratyavārayat
But as the great king Bṛhadaśva, the hero, supremely righteous, was setting out, Uttaṅka the brahman-sage held him back.
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VaP 2 26.34
उत्तङ्क उवाच।। भवतो रक्षणं कार्य्यं तत्तावत् कर्तुमर्हति। निरुद्विग्नस्तपः कर्तुं न हि शक्नोमि पार्थिव
uttaṅka uvāca|| bhavato rakṣaṇaṃ kāryyaṃ tattāvat kartumarhati| nirudvignastapaḥ kartuṃ na hi śaknomi pārthiva
Uttaṅka said: Protection is your duty; that indeed you ought to perform. For, O prince, I cannot practise austerity undisturbed.
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VaP 2 26.35
ममाश्रमसमीपेषु समेषु मरुधन्वसु। समुद्रो वालुकापूर्णस्तत्र तिष्ठति भूपते
mamāśramasamīpeṣu sameṣu marudhanvasu| samudro vālukāpūrṇastatra tiṣṭhati bhūpate
Near my hermitage, in the level desert wastes, there stands, O lord of the earth, an ocean filled with sand.
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VaP 2 26.36
देवतानामवध्यस्तु महाकायो महाबलः। अन्तर्भूमिगतस्तत्र वालुकान्तर्हितो महान्
devatānāmavadhyastu mahākāyo mahābalaḥ| antarbhūmigatastatra vālukāntarhito mahān
There, unslayable by the gods, huge of body, of great strength, gone within the earth, hidden in the sand, is a great (being) —
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VaP 2 26.37
स मनोस्तनयः क्रूरो धुन्धुर्नाम सुदारुणः। शतं लोकविनाशाय तप आस्थाय दारुणम्
sa manostanayaḥ krūro dhundhurnāma sudāruṇaḥ| śataṃ lokavināśāya tapa āsthāya dāruṇam
that cruel son of Manu, Dhundhu by name, most terrible, who for the destruction of the world undertook a dreadful austerity for a hundred (years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.38
संवत्सरस्य पर्य्यन्ते स निःश्वासं प्रमुञ्चति। यदा तदा मही तत्र चलिता स्म सकानना
saṃvatsarasya paryyante sa niḥśvāsaṃ pramuñcati| yadā tadā mahī tatra calitā sma sakānanā
At the end of a year he lets out a breath; and when (he does), then the earth there, with its forests, is shaken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.39
तस्य निःश्वासवातेन रज उद्धूयते महत्। आदित्यपथमावृत्य सप्ताहं भूमिकम्पनम्
tasya niḥśvāsavātena raja uddhūyate mahat| ādityapathamāvṛtya saptāhaṃ bhūmikampanam
By the wind of his breathing a great dust is thrown up, covering the sun's path, and there is an earthquake for seven days —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.40
सविस्फुलिङ्गं सज्वालं सधूममतिदारुणम् । तेन राजन्न शक्नोमि तस्मिन् स्थातुं स्व आश्रमे
savisphuliṅgaṃ sajvālaṃ sadhūmamatidāruṇam | tena rājanna śaknomi tasmin sthātuṃ sva āśrame
(a dust) with sparks, with flames, with smoke, exceedingly dreadful. Because of that, O king, I am unable to remain in my own hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.41
तं वारय महाबाहो लोकानां हितकाम्यया। तेजस्ते सुमहाविष्णुस्तेजसाप्याययिष्यति
taṃ vāraya mahābāho lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā| tejaste sumahāviṣṇustejasāpyāyayiṣyati
Restrain him, O mighty-armed one, out of desire for the good of the worlds. Viṣṇu, the very great, will augment your energy with (his own) energy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.42
लोकाः स्वस्था भवन्त्वद्य तस्मिन् विनिहतेऽसुरे । त्वं हि तस्य वधायाद्य समर्थः पृथिवीपते
lokāḥ svasthā bhavantvadya tasmin vinihate'sure | tvaṃ hi tasya vadhāyādya samarthaḥ pṛthivīpate
Let the worlds be at ease today, when that demon is slain; for you are today capable of killing him, O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.43
विष्णुना च वरो दत्तो मम पूर्व्वं ततोऽनघ। न हि धुन्धुर्महावीर्य्यस्तेजसाल्पेन शक्यते
viṣṇunā ca varo datto mama pūrvvaṃ tato'nagha| na hi dhundhurmahāvīryyastejasālpena śakyate
And a boon was formerly granted to me by Viṣṇu, therefore, O sinless one — for Dhundhu of great valour cannot be (overcome) by small energy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.44
निर्द्दग्धुं पृथिवीपाल अपि वर्ष शतैरिह। वीर्य्यं हि सुमहत्तस्य देवैरपि दुरासहम्
nirddagdhuṃ pṛthivīpāla api varṣa śatairiha| vīryyaṃ hi sumahattasya devairapi durāsaham
cannot be burnt up here, O protector of the earth, even in hundreds of years; for his valour is very great, hard to withstand even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.45
एवमुक्तस्तु राजर्षिरुत्तङ्केन महात्मना। कुबलाश्वं सुतं प्रादात्तस्मिन् धुन्धुनिवारणे
evamuktastu rājarṣiruttaṅkena mahātmanā| kubalāśvaṃ sutaṃ prādāttasmin dhundhunivāraṇe
Thus addressed by the great-souled Uttaṅka, the royal sage gave over his son Kuvalāśva to that warding-off of Dhundhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.46
राजा संन्यस्तशस्त्रोऽहमयन्तु तनयो मम। भविष्यति द्विजश्वेष्ठ धुन्धुमारो न संशयः
rājā saṃnyastaśastro'hamayantu tanayo mama| bhaviṣyati dvijaśveṣṭha dhundhumāro na saṃśayaḥ
The king (said): I have laid down my weapons; let my son go. He will be, O best of the twice-born, the slayer of Dhundhu — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.47
स तं व्यादिश्य तनयं धुन्धुमारणमुद्यतम्। जगाम पर्व्वतायैव तपसे शंसितव्रतः
sa taṃ vyādiśya tanayaṃ dhundhumāraṇamudyatam| jagāma parvvatāyaiva tapase śaṃsitavrataḥ
Having instructed that son, who was ready for the slaying of Dhundhu, he went to the mountain for austerity, having made a firm vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.48
कुबलाश्वस्तु धर्म्मात्मा पितुर्वचनमास्थितः। सहस्रैरेकविंशत्या पुत्राणां सह पार्थिवः। प्रायादुत्तङ्क सहितो धुन्धोस्तस्य निवारणे
kubalāśvastu dharmmātmā piturvacanamāsthitaḥ| sahasrairekaviṃśatyā putrāṇāṃ saha pārthivaḥ| prāyāduttaṅka sahito dhundhostasya nivāraṇe
But Kubalāśva, righteous in soul, abiding by his father's word, the king, together with twenty-one thousand sons, set out, accompanied by Uttaṅka, for the checking of that Dhundhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.49
तमाविशत्ततो विष्णुर्भगवान् स्वेन तेजसा। उत्तङ्कस्य नियोगात्तु लोकानां हितकाम्यया
tamāviśattato viṣṇurbhagavān svena tejasā| uttaṅkasya niyogāttu lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Then the Lord Viṣṇu entered him with his own energy, at Uttaṅka's bidding, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.50
तस्मिन् प्रयाते दुर्द्धर्षे दिवि शब्दो महानभूत्। अद्यप्रुभृत्येष नृपो धुन्धुमारो भविष्यति
tasmin prayāte durddharṣe divi śabdo mahānabhūt| adyaprubhṛtyeṣa nṛpo dhundhumāro bhaviṣyati
When that unassailable one had set out, a great sound arose in heaven: "From today onward this king shall be Dhundhumāra (the slayer of Dhundhu)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.51
दिव्यैः पुष्पैश्च तं देवाः सममंसत अद्भुतम्। सगत्वा पुरुष व्याघ्रस्तनयैः सह वीर्य्यवान्
divyaiḥ puṣpaiśca taṃ devāḥ samamaṃsata adbhutam| sagatvā puruṣa vyāghrastanayaiḥ saha vīryyavān
And the gods honoured him, the marvellous one, with divine flowers. Having gone there, that tiger among men, the valorous one, together with his sons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.52
समुद्रं खनयामास वालुकार्णवमव्ययम्। नारायणेन राजर्षिस्तेजसाप्यायितो हि सः
samudraṃ khanayāmāsa vālukārṇavamavyayam| nārāyaṇena rājarṣistejasāpyāyito hi saḥ
the royal sage had the sea dug out—the imperishable ocean of sand—for he had been filled with energy by Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.53
बभूवातिबलो भूय उत्तङ्कस्य वशे स्थितः। तस्य पुत्रैः खनद्भिश्च वालुकान्तर्हितस्तदा
babhūvātibalo bhūya uttaṅkasya vaśe sthitaḥ| tasya putraiḥ khanadbhiśca vālukāntarhitastadā
He became yet more exceedingly strong, standing under Uttaṅka's control. And then, as his sons were digging, (Dhundhu,) hidden within the sand,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.54
धुन्धुरासादितस्तत्र दिशमाश्रित्य पश्चिमाम्। मुखजेनाग्निना क्रुद्धो लोकानुद्वर्त्तयन्निव
dhundhurāsāditastatra diśamāśritya paścimām| mukhajenāgninā kruddho lokānudvarttayanniva
Dhundhu was come upon there, occupying the western quarter, enraged, as though overturning the worlds with the fire born from his mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.55
वारि शुश्राव योगेन महोदधिरिवोदये। सोमस्य सोमपश्रेष्ठ धारोर्मिकलिलो महान्
vāri śuśrāva yogena mahodadhirivodaye| somasya somapaśreṣṭha dhārormikalilo mahān
He heard(?) the water by yoga, like the great ocean at (moon)rise; O best of soma-drinkers, (it was) great, a turbid mass of streams and waves of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.56
तस्य पुत्रास्तु निर्द्दग्धास्त्रिभिरूनास्तु राक्षसाः। ततः स राजातिबलो धुन्धुबन्धुनिबर्हणः
tasya putrāstu nirddagdhāstribhirūnāstu rākṣasāḥ| tataḥ sa rājātibalo dhundhubandhunibarhaṇaḥ
But his sons, the rākṣasas, were burnt up, three less (than the whole); then that king of exceeding strength, the destroyer of Dhundhu's kin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.57
तस्य वारिमयं वेगमपिबत् स नराधिपः। योगी योगेन वह्निं वा शमयामास वारिणा
tasya vārimayaṃ vegamapibat sa narādhipaḥ| yogī yogena vahniṃ vā śamayāmāsa vāriṇā
that lord of men drank up his water-made torrent; the yogin by yoga quenched, as it were, the fire with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.58
निरस्यत्तं महाकायं बलेनोदकराक्षसम्। उत्तङ्कं दर्शयामास कृतकर्म्मा नराधिपः
nirasyattaṃ mahākāyaṃ balenodakarākṣasam| uttaṅkaṃ darśayāmāsa kṛtakarmmā narādhipaḥ
Having cast out by force that water-rākṣasa of huge body, the lord of men, his deed accomplished, showed himself to Uttaṅka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.59
उत्तङ्कश्च वरं प्रादात्तस्मै राज्ञे महात्मने। अदात्तस्याक्षयं वित्तं शत्रुभिश्चाप्यधृष्यताम्
uttaṅkaśca varaṃ prādāttasmai rājñe mahātmane| adāttasyākṣayaṃ vittaṃ śatrubhiścāpyadhṛṣyatām
And Uttaṅka granted a boon to that great-souled king: he gave him imperishable wealth and unassailability by enemies,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.60
धर्म्मे रतिञ्च सततं स्वर्गे वासं तथाक्षयम्। पुत्राणां चाक्षयाँल्लोकान् स्वर्गे ये राक्षसा हताः
dharmme ratiñca satataṃ svarge vāsaṃ tathākṣayam| putrāṇāṃ cākṣayā~llokān svarge ye rākṣasā hatāḥ
and constant delight in dharma, and likewise an imperishable dwelling in heaven, and for his sons—those rākṣasas(?) who were slain—imperishable worlds in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.61
तस्य पुत्रास्त्रयः शिष्टा दृढाश्वो ज्येष्ठ उच्यते। भद्राश्वः कपिलाश्वश्च कनीयासौ तु तौ स्मृतौ
tasya putrāstrayaḥ śiṣṭā dṛḍhāśvo jyeṣṭha ucyate| bhadrāśvaḥ kapilāśvaśca kanīyāsau tu tau smṛtau
Three of his sons survived: Dṛḍhāśva is said to be the eldest; Bhadrāśva and Kapilāśva are recorded as the two younger ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.62
धौन्धुमारिर्दृढाश्वस्तु हर्यश्वस्तस्य चात्मजः। हर्यश्वस्य निकुम्भोऽभूत् क्षत्रधर्मरतः सदा
dhaundhumārirdṛḍhāśvastu haryaśvastasya cātmajaḥ| haryaśvasya nikumbho'bhūt kṣatradharmarataḥ sadā
Dṛḍhāśva was the son of Dhundhumāra, and Haryaśva was his son; Haryaśva's son was Nikumbha, ever devoted to the kṣatriya's duty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.63
संहताश्वो निकुम्भस्य श्रुतो रणविशारदः । कृशाश्वश्चाक्षयाश्वश्च संहताश्च सुतावुभौ
saṃhatāśvo nikumbhasya śruto raṇaviśāradaḥ | kṛśāśvaścākṣayāśvaśca saṃhatāśca sutāvubhau
Nikumbha's (son) was Saṃhatāśva, renowned and skilled in battle; and Saṃhatāśva's two sons were Kṛśāśva and Akṣayāśva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.64
तस्य पत्नी हैमवती सतां मतिदृषद्वती। विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु पुत्रस्तस्याः प्रसेनजित्
tasya patnī haimavatī satāṃ matidṛṣadvatī| vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu putrastasyāḥ prasenajit
His wife was Haimavatī, Dṛṣadvatī, esteemed of the good(?), famed in the three worlds; her son was Prasenajit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.65
युवनाश्वः सुतस्तस्य त्रिषु लोकेष्वतिद्युतिः। अत्यन्तधार्मिको गौरी तस्य पत्नी पतिव्रता
yuvanāśvaḥ sutastasya triṣu lokeṣvatidyutiḥ| atyantadhārmiko gaurī tasya patnī pativratā
His son was Yuvanāśva, of surpassing splendour in the three worlds, exceedingly righteous; his wife was Gaurī, devoted to her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.66
अभिशस्ता तु सा भर्त्रा नदी सा बाहुदा कृता । तस्यास्तु गौरिकः पुत्र श्चक्रवर्त्ती बभूव ह
abhiśastā tu sā bhartrā nadī sā bāhudā kṛtā | tasyāstu gaurikaḥ putra ścakravarttī babhūva ha
But she, being cursed by her husband, was made into the river Bāhudā; and her son Gaurika became a universal sovereign.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.67
मान्धाता यौवनाश्वो वै त्रैलोक्यविजयी नृपः। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ पौराणिकी द्विजाः
māndhātā yauvanāśvo vai trailokyavijayī nṛpaḥ| atrāpyudāharantīmau ślokau paurāṇikī dvijāḥ
Māndhātā, son of Yuvanāśva, was a king who conquered the three worlds. On this too, O twice-born ones, (the reciters) quote these two verses from the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.68
यावत्सूर्य उदयति यावच्च प्रतितिष्ठति। सर्वं तद्यौवनाश्वस्य मान्धातुः क्षेत्रमुच्यते
yāvatsūrya udayati yāvacca pratitiṣṭhati| sarvaṃ tadyauvanāśvasya māndhātuḥ kṣetramucyate
"As far as the sun rises, and as far as it sets, all that is called the domain of Māndhātā, son of Yuvanāśva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.69
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं वंशविदो जनाः । यौवनाश्वं महात्मानं यज्वान ममितौजसम्। मान्धाता तु तनुर्विष्णोः पुराणज्ञाः प्रजक्षते
atrāpyudāharantīmaṃ ślokaṃ vaṃśavido janāḥ | yauvanāśvaṃ mahātmānaṃ yajvāna mamitaujasam| māndhātā tu tanurviṣṇoḥ purāṇajñāḥ prajakṣate
On this too the people versed in genealogies quote this verse: the great-souled son of Yuvanāśva, a performer of sacrifices, of unmeasured power — Māndhātā indeed the knowers of the Purāṇas declare to be a body of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.70
तस्य चैत्ररथी भार्य्या शशबिन्दोः सुताऽभवत्। साध्वी बिन्दुमती नाम रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि
tasya caitrarathī bhāryyā śaśabindoḥ sutā'bhavat| sādhvī bindumatī nāma rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi
His wife was a Caitraratha woman, the daughter of Śaśabindu, a virtuous woman named Bindumatī, unequalled on earth in beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.71
पतिव्रता च ज्येष्ठा च भ्रातॄणामयुतस्य सा। तस्यामुत्पादयामास मान्धाता त्रीन् सुतान् प्रभुः
pativratā ca jyeṣṭhā ca bhrātṝṇāmayutasya sā| tasyāmutpādayāmāsa māndhātā trīn sutān prabhuḥ
She was devoted to her husband and the eldest of ten thousand brothers. In her the lord Māndhātā begot three sons:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.72
पुरुकुत्समम्बरीषं मुचुकुन्दञ्च विश्रुतम्। अम्बरीषस्य दायादो युवनाश्वोऽपरः स्मृतः
purukutsamambarīṣaṃ mucukundañca viśrutam| ambarīṣasya dāyādo yuvanāśvo'paraḥ smṛtaḥ
Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, and the renowned Mucukunda. Ambarīṣa's heir is recorded as another Yuvanāśva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.73
हरितो युवनाश्वस्य हारिताः शूरयः स्मृताः । एते ह्यङ्गिरसः पुत्राः क्षात्रोपेता द्विजातयः
harito yuvanāśvasya hāritāḥ śūrayaḥ smṛtāḥ | ete hyaṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ kṣātropetā dvijātayaḥ
Harita was Yuvanāśva's (son); the Hāritas are recorded as heroes. These indeed are sons of Aṅgiras, twice-born ones endowed with the warrior character.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.74
पुरुकुत्सस्य दायादस्त्रसद्दस्युर्महायशाः। नर्मदायां समुत्पन्नः सम्भूतस्तस्य चात्मजः
purukutsasya dāyādastrasaddasyurmahāyaśāḥ| narmadāyāṃ samutpannaḥ sambhūtastasya cātmajaḥ
Purukutsa's heir was the greatly renowned Trasaddasyu; and his son Sambhūta was born of (the river) Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.75
सम्भूतस्यात्मजः पुत्रो ह्यनरण्यः प्रतापवान्। रावणेन हतो येन त्रिलोकीविजये पुरा
sambhūtasyātmajaḥ putro hyanaraṇyaḥ pratāpavān| rāvaṇena hato yena trilokīvijaye purā
Sambhūta's son was the mighty Anaraṇya, who was slain long ago by Rāvaṇa in his conquest of the three worlds.
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VaP 2 26.76
त्रसदश्वोऽनरण्यस्य हर्य्यश्वस्तस्य चात्मजः । हर्य्यश्वात्तु दृषद्वत्यां जज्ञे वसुमतो नृपः
trasadaśvo'naraṇyasya haryyaśvastasya cātmajaḥ | haryyaśvāttu dṛṣadvatyāṃ jajñe vasumato nṛpaḥ
Anaraṇya's (son) was Trasadaśva, and his son was Haryaśva; and from Haryaśva, in Dṛṣadvatī, was born King Vasumata.
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VaP 2 26.77
तस्य पुत्रोऽभवद्राजा त्रिधन्वा नाम धार्म्मिकः। आसीत् त्रैधन्वनश्चापि विद्वांस्त्रय्यां रणप्रभुः
tasya putro'bhavadrājā tridhanvā nāma dhārmmikaḥ| āsīt traidhanvanaścāpi vidvāṃstrayyāṃ raṇaprabhuḥ
His son was a righteous king named Tridhanvā; and there was also Traidhanvana, learned, master of battle in the threefold (Veda).
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VaP 2 26.78
तस्य सत्यव्रतो नाम कुमारोऽभून्महाबलः। तेन भार्य्या विदर्भस्य हृता हत्वा दिवौकसः
tasya satyavrato nāma kumāro'bhūnmahābalaḥ| tena bhāryyā vidarbhasya hṛtā hatvā divaukasaḥ
His son was a prince named Satyavrata, of great strength. By him, having slain the celestials, the wife of (the king of) Vidarbha was carried off,
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VaP 2 26.79
पाणिग्रहणमन्त्रेषु निष्ठां सम्प्रापितोष्विह। विष्णुवृद्धः सुतस्तस्य विष्णु वृद्धो यतः स्मृतः । एते ह्यङ्गिरसः पुत्राः क्षात्रोपेताः समाश्रिताः
pāṇigrahaṇamantreṣu niṣṭhāṃ samprāpitoṣviha| viṣṇuvṛddhaḥ sutastasya viṣṇu vṛddho yataḥ smṛtaḥ | ete hyaṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ kṣātropetāḥ samāśritāḥ
while the marriage mantras of the taking of the hand were being brought here to their conclusion. His son was Viṣṇuvṛddha, whence the Viṣṇuvṛddhas are recorded; these indeed are sons of Aṅgiras, endowed with the warrior character and attached (to it).
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VaP 2 26.80
कामाद्बलाच्च मोहाच्च सङ्कर्षणबलेन च। भाविनोऽर्थस्य च बलात् तत्कृतं तेन धीमता
kāmādbalācca mohācca saṅkarṣaṇabalena ca| bhāvino'rthasya ca balāt tatkṛtaṃ tena dhīmatā
Out of desire, out of force, out of delusion, and by the strength of (his) drawing (her) away, and by the force of what was destined to be — that was done by that clever one.
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VaP 2 26.81
तमधर्म्मेण संयुक्तं पिता त्रयीगुणोऽत्यजत्। अपध्वंसेति बहुशोऽवदत् क्रोधसमन्वितः
tamadharmmeṇa saṃyuktaṃ pitā trayīguṇo'tyajat| apadhvaṃseti bahuśo'vadat krodhasamanvitaḥ
His father, possessed of the qualities of the threefold (Veda), abandoned him as one joined to unrighteousness, and filled with anger said again and again, "Be gone, outcast!"
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VaP 2 26.82
पितरं सोऽब्रवीदेकः क्व गच्छामीति वै मुहुः। पिता चैनमथोवाच श्वपाकैः सह वर्त्तय
pitaraṃ so'bravīdekaḥ kva gacchāmīti vai muhuḥ| pitā cainamathovāca śvapākaiḥ saha varttaya
He, alone, said to his father repeatedly, "Where shall I go?" And his father then said to him, "Live together with the dog-cookers.
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VaP 2 26.83
नाहं पुत्रेण पुत्रार्थी त्वयाद्य कुलपांसन। इत्युक्तः स निराक्रामन्नगराद्वचनाद्विभो
nāhaṃ putreṇa putrārthī tvayādya kulapāṃsana| ityuktaḥ sa nirākrāmannagarādvacanādvibho
I have no wish for a son in you today, defiler of the family." Thus addressed, he went out from the city at (his father's) word, O lord.
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VaP 2 26.84
न चैनं धारयामास वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः। स तु सत्यव्रतो धीमाञ्छ्वपाकावसथान्तिकम्। पित्रा मुक्तोऽवसद्वीरः पिता चास्य वनं ययौ
na cainaṃ dhārayāmāsa vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ| sa tu satyavrato dhīmāñchvapākāvasathāntikam| pitrā mukto'vasadvīraḥ pitā cāsya vanaṃ yayau
Nor did the venerable seer Vasiṣṭha hold him back. But that wise Satyavrata, the hero, released by his father, dwelt near the settlement of the dog-cookers; and his father went to the forest.
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VaP 2 26.85
तस्मिंस्तु विषये तस्य नावर्षत् पाकशासनः। समा द्वादश संपूर्णास्तेनाधर्म्मेण वै तदा
tasmiṃstu viṣaye tasya nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ| samā dvādaśa saṃpūrṇāstenādharmmeṇa vai tadā
But in his realm the chastiser of Pāka (Indra) did not rain — twelve full years — on account of that unrighteousness then.
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VaP 2 26.86
दारांस्तु तस्य विषये विश्वामित्रो महातपाः। संन्यस्य सागरानूपे चचार विपुलं तपः
dārāṃstu tasya viṣaye viśvāmitro mahātapāḥ| saṃnyasya sāgarānūpe cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ
But Viśvāmitra of great austerity, having left his wife in that (king's) realm, practised extensive austerity on the shore of the sea.
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VaP 2 26.87
तस्य पत्नी गले बद्ध्वा मध्यमं पुत्रमौरसम्। शिखया भरणार्थाय व्यक्रीणाद्घोशतेन वै
tasya patnī gale baddhvā madhyamaṃ putramaurasam| śikhayā bharaṇārthāya vyakrīṇādghośatena vai
His wife, binding her own middle son at the neck by his topknot, sold him for a hundred cows for the sake of (the family's) maintenance.
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VaP 2 26.88
तं तु बद्धं गले दृष्ट्वा विक्रीतं तं नरोत्तमः। महर्षिपुत्रं धर्म्मात्मा मोक्षयामास सुव्रतः
taṃ tu baddhaṃ gale dṛṣṭvā vikrītaṃ taṃ narottamaḥ| maharṣiputraṃ dharmmātmā mokṣayāmāsa suvrataḥ
But seeing him bound at the neck and sold, that best of men, righteous in soul and firm in his vows, set the great sage's son free.
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VaP 2 26.89
सत्यव्रतो महाबुद्धिर्भरणं तस्य चाकरोत् । विश्वामित्रस्य तुष्ट्यर्थमनुकम्पार्थमेव च
satyavrato mahābuddhirbharaṇaṃ tasya cākarot | viśvāmitrasya tuṣṭyarthamanukampārthameva ca
And Satyavrata of great wisdom provided for his upkeep, both to please Viśvāmitra and out of compassion.
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VaP 2 26.90
सोऽभवद्घालवो नाम गले बद्धो महातपाः। महर्षिः कौशिकस्तातस्तेन वीर्येण मोक्षितः
so'bhavadghālavo nāma gale baddho mahātapāḥ| maharṣiḥ kauśikastātastena vīryeṇa mokṣitaḥ
He became known as Gālava, the great ascetic, because he had been bound at the neck; the great sage Kauśika was his father, and he was freed by that (king's) might.
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VaP 2 26.91
तस्य व्रतेन भक्त्या च कृपया च प्रतिज्ञया। विश्वामित्रकलत्रञ्च बभार विनये स्थितः
tasya vratena bhaktyā ca kṛpayā ca pratijñayā| viśvāmitrakalatrañca babhāra vinaye sthitaḥ
By his vow, by his devotion, by his compassion and by his promise, remaining within discipline, he also maintained Viśvāmitra's wife.
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VaP 2 26.92
हत्वा मृगान् वराहांश्च महिषांश्च वनेचरान्। विश्वामित्राश्रमाभ्याशे तन्मांसमपचत्ततः
hatvā mṛgān varāhāṃśca mahiṣāṃśca vanecarān| viśvāmitrāśramābhyāśe tanmāṃsamapacattataḥ
Having killed deer and boars and buffaloes that roamed the forest, he then cooked that meat near Viśvāmitra's hermitage.
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VaP 2 26.93
उपांशुव्रतमास्थाय दीक्षां द्वादशवार्षिकीम्। पितुर्नियोगातभजन्नृपे तु वनमास्थिते
upāṃśuvratamāsthāya dīkṣāṃ dvādaśavārṣikīm| piturniyogātabhajannṛpe tu vanamāsthite
Undertaking the upāṃśu vow, a consecration lasting twelve years, he practised (it) by his father's command, the king having withdrawn to the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.94
अयोध्याञ्चैव राज्यञ्च तथैवान्तःपुरं मुनिः। याज्योपाध्यायसंयोगाद्वसिष्ठः परिरक्षितः
ayodhyāñcaiva rājyañca tathaivāntaḥpuraṃ muniḥ| yājyopādhyāyasaṃyogādvasiṣṭhaḥ parirakṣitaḥ
And Ayodhyā and the kingdom, and likewise the inner apartments, were guarded by the sage Vasiṣṭha, by virtue of his being the (family's) officiating priest and preceptor.
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VaP 2 26.95
सत्यव्रतस्तु बाल्यात्तु भाविनोऽर्थस्य वै बलात्। वसिष्ठेऽभ्याधिकं मन्युं धारयामास मन्युना
satyavratastu bālyāttu bhāvino'rthasya vai balāt| vasiṣṭhe'bhyādhikaṃ manyuṃ dhārayāmāsa manyunā
But Satyavrata, out of childishness and by the force of what was destined to happen, in his anger harboured an excessive rage against Vasiṣṭha.
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VaP 2 26.96
पित्रा रुदंस्तदा राष्ट्रात् परित्यक्तं स्वमात्मजम्। न वारयामास मुनिर्वसिष्ठः कारणेन वै
pitrā rudaṃstadā rāṣṭrāt parityaktaṃ svamātmajam| na vārayāmāsa munirvasiṣṭhaḥ kāraṇena vai
When his own son, weeping, was then cast out of the realm by his father, the sage Vasiṣṭha did not prevent it, for a reason.
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VaP 2 26.97
पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राणां निष्ठा स्यात् सप्तमे पदे। एवं सत्यव्रतस्तान् वै कृतवान् सप्तमे पदे
pāṇigrahaṇamantrāṇāṃ niṣṭhā syāt saptame pade| evaṃ satyavratastān vai kṛtavān saptame pade
The marriage mantras reach their completion at the seventh step; and in this way Satyavrata performed them at the seventh step.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.98
जानन् धर्म्मान् वसिष्ठस्तु न च मन्त्रानिहेच्छति। इति सत्यव्रते रोषं वसिष्ठो मनसाकरोत्
jānan dharmmān vasiṣṭhastu na ca mantrānihecchati| iti satyavrate roṣaṃ vasiṣṭho manasākarot
"Vasiṣṭha, though he knows the rules, does not wish for the mantras in this case" — so thinking, Vasiṣṭha inwardly grew angry at Satyavrata.
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VaP 2 26.99
गुरुर्बुद्ध्या तु भगवान् वसिष्ठः कृतवांस्तदा। न तु सत्यव्रतो बुद्ध्या उपांशुव्रतमस्य वै
gururbuddhyā tu bhagavān vasiṣṭhaḥ kṛtavāṃstadā| na tu satyavrato buddhyā upāṃśuvratamasya vai
The lord Vasiṣṭha then acted with a teacher's judgment, but Satyavrata did not (act) with judgment — hence his upāṃśu vow.
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VaP 2 26.100
तस्मिंश्चोपरते यो यत्पितुरासीन्महामनाः। तेन द्वादशवर्षाणि नावर्षत् पाकशासनः
tasmiṃścoparate yo yatpiturāsīnmahāmanāḥ| tena dvādaśavarṣāṇi nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ
And when he had passed away — he who was the great-minded (son?) of the father — because of that the Chastiser of Pāka (Indra) did not rain for twelve years.
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VaP 2 26.101
तेन त्विदानीं बहुधा दीक्षां तां दुर्बलां भुवि। कुलस्य निष्कृतिः स्वस्य कृतेयञ्च भवेदिति
tena tvidānīṃ bahudhā dīkṣāṃ tāṃ durbalāṃ bhuvi| kulasya niṣkṛtiḥ svasya kṛteyañca bhavediti
By him now that consecration (was made) in many ways weak upon the earth, (thinking) "and let this be the expiation of my own family."
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VaP 2 26.102
ततो वसिष्ठो भगवान् पित्रा त्यक्तं न्यवारयत्। अभिषेक्ष्याम्यहं राज्ये पश्चादेनमिति प्रभुः
tato vasiṣṭho bhagavān pitrā tyaktaṃ nyavārayat| abhiṣekṣyāmyahaṃ rājye paścādenamiti prabhuḥ
Then the lord Vasiṣṭha held back the one abandoned by his father, (saying) "I, the master, shall consecrate him in the kingdom afterwards."
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VaP 2 26.103
स तु द्वादशवर्षाणि दीक्षान्तामुद्वहन् बली। अविद्यमाने मांसे तु वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः
sa tu dvādaśavarṣāṇi dīkṣāntāmudvahan balī| avidyamāne māṃse tu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
But he, the strong one, bore that consecration to its end for twelve years; and when there was no meat (to be had) for the great-souled Vasiṣṭha,
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VaP 2 26.104
सर्व्वकामदुघां धेनुं संददर्श नृपात्मजः। तां वै क्रोधाच्च मोहाच्च श्रमाच्चैव क्षुधान्वितः
sarvvakāmadughāṃ dhenuṃ saṃdadarśa nṛpātmajaḥ| tāṃ vai krodhācca mohācca śramāccaiva kṣudhānvitaḥ
the king's son caught sight of the cow that yields all desires; and her, out of anger, out of delusion, out of exhaustion, and beset by hunger,
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VaP 2 26.105
दस्युधर्म्मं गतो दृष्ट्वा जघान बलिनां वरः। स तु मांसं स्वयं चैव विश्वामित्रस्य चात्मजान्
dasyudharmmaṃ gato dṛṣṭvā jaghāna balināṃ varaḥ| sa tu māṃsaṃ svayaṃ caiva viśvāmitrasya cātmajān
having fallen into the way of a robber, on seeing her he, the foremost of the strong, killed; and the meat, to himself and to Viśvāmitra's sons,
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VaP 2 26.106
भोजयामास तच्छ्रुत्वा वसिष्ठस्तं तदात्यजत्। प्रोवाच चैव भगवान् वसिष्ठस्तं नृपात्मजम्
bhojayāmāsa tacchrutvā vasiṣṭhastaṃ tadātyajat| provāca caiva bhagavān vasiṣṭhastaṃ nṛpātmajam
he gave to eat. Hearing that, Vasiṣṭha then abandoned him, and the lord Vasiṣṭha spoke to that son of the king:
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VaP 2 26.107
पातये क्रूर हे क्रूर तव शंकुमयोमयम् । यदि ते त्रीणि शंकूनि न स्युर्हि पुरुषाधम
pātaye krūra he krūra tava śaṃkumayomayam | yadi te trīṇi śaṃkūni na syurhi puruṣādhama
"I drive it down, cruel one — O cruel one! — your spike of iron; may you not lack three spikes, O basest of men!"
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VaP 2 26.108
पितुश्चापरितोषेण गुरोर्दोग्ध्रीवधेन च। अप्रोषितोपयोगाच्च त्रिविधस्ते व्यतिक्रमः
pituścāparitoṣeṇa gurordogdhrīvadhena ca| aproṣitopayogācca trividhaste vyatikramaḥ
By your father's displeasure, by the killing of your teacher's milch-cow, and by consuming what had not been (properly) set aside — threefold is your transgression.
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VaP 2 26.109
एवं स त्रीणि शंकूनि दृष्ट्वा तस्य महा तपाः। त्रिशङ्कुरिति होवाच त्रिशङ्कुस्तेन स स्मृतः
evaṃ sa trīṇi śaṃkūni dṛṣṭvā tasya mahā tapāḥ| triśaṅkuriti hovāca triśaṅkustena sa smṛtaḥ
Thus that great ascetic, seeing those three spikes on him, said "Triśaṅku!" — and by that he was known as Triśaṅku.
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VaP 2 26.110
विश्वामित्रस्तु दाराणामागतो भरणे कृते। ततस्तस्मै वरं प्रादात्तदा प्रीतस्त्रिशङ्कवे
viśvāmitrastu dārāṇāmāgato bharaṇe kṛte| tatastasmai varaṃ prādāttadā prītastriśaṅkave
But Viśvāmitra, when the support of his wives had been provided (by him), then, being pleased, granted a boon to Triśaṅku.
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VaP 2 26.111
छन्द्यमानो वरेणाथ गुरुं व्रवे नृपात्मजः। अनावृष्टिभये तस्मिन् गते द्वादशवार्षिके
chandyamāno vareṇātha guruṃ vrave nṛpātmajaḥ| anāvṛṣṭibhaye tasmin gate dvādaśavārṣike
Then, being invited (to choose) a boon, the prince spoke of his teacher — that terror of drought having passed, which lasted twelve years.
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VaP 2 26.112
अभिषिच्य राज्ये पित्र्ये याजयामास तं मुनिः। मिषतां दैवतानाञ्च वसिष्ठस्य च कौशिकः। सशरीरं तदा तं वै दिवमारोपयत् प्रभुः
abhiṣicya rājye pitrye yājayāmāsa taṃ muniḥ| miṣatāṃ daivatānāñca vasiṣṭhasya ca kauśikaḥ| saśarīraṃ tadā taṃ vai divamāropayat prabhuḥ
Having consecrated him in his father's kingdom, the sage made him perform sacrifice; and Kauśika, while the gods and Vasiṣṭha looked on, the mighty one, then raised him up to heaven with his body.
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VaP 2 26.113
मिषतस्तु वसिष्ठस्य तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ पौराणिका जनाः
miṣatastu vasiṣṭhasya tadadbhutamivābhavat| atrāpyudāharantīmau ślokau paurāṇikā janāḥ
While Vasiṣṭha looked on, that was like a marvel. On this too the men versed in the Purāṇas recite these two verses:
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VaP 2 26.114
विश्वामित्रप्रसादेन त्रिशङ्कुर्दिवि राजते । देवै सार्द्धं महातेजानुग्रहात्तस्य धीमतः
viśvāmitraprasādena triśaṅkurdivi rājate | devai sārddhaṃ mahātejānugrahāttasya dhīmataḥ
"By Viśvāmitra's favour Triśaṅku shines in heaven together with the gods, greatly radiant, by the grace of that wise one."
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VaP 2 26.115
शनैर्यात्यबला रम्या हेमन्ते चन्द्रमण्डिता। अलंकृता त्रिभिर्भावैस्त्रिशङ्कुग्रहभूषिता
śanairyātyabalā ramyā hemante candramaṇḍitā| alaṃkṛtā tribhirbhāvaistriśaṅkugrahabhūṣitā
"The lovely, delicate one moves slowly, adorned by the moon in winter, decked with three (fine) qualities, ornamented by the planet Triśaṅku."
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VaP 2 26.116
तस्य सत्यरता नाम भार्य्या केकयवंशजा। कुमारं जनयामास हरिश्चन्द्रमकल्मषम्
tasya satyaratā nāma bhāryyā kekayavaṃśajā| kumāraṃ janayāmāsa hariścandramakalmaṣam
His wife, named Satyaratā, born of the Kekaya line, bore a son, the stainless Hariścandra.
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VaP 2 26.117
स तु राजा हरिश्चन्द्रस्त्रैशङ्कव इति श्रुतः । आहर्त्ता राजसूयस्य सम्राडिति परिश्रुतः
sa tu rājā hariścandrastraiśaṅkava iti śrutaḥ | āharttā rājasūyasya samrāḍiti pariśrutaḥ
And that king Hariścandra was known as the son of Triśaṅku; he was renowned as a performer of the Rājasūya and as an emperor.
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VaP 2 26.118
हरिश्चन्द्रस्य तु सुतो रोहितो नाम वीर्य्यवान्। हरितो रोहितस्याथ चंचुहारीत उच्यते
hariścandrasya tu suto rohito nāma vīryyavān| harito rohitasyātha caṃcuhārīta ucyate
Hariścandra's son was the valiant one named Rohita; then Rohita's (son) was Harita, and Cañcu is called Hārīta.
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VaP 2 26.119
विजयश्च सुदेवश्च चंचुपुत्रौ बभूवतुः। जेता सर्व्वस्य क्षत्रस्य विजयस्तेन स स्मृतः
vijayaśca sudevaśca caṃcuputrau babhūvatuḥ| jetā sarvvasya kṣatrasya vijayastena sa smṛtaḥ
Vijaya and Sudeva were Cañcu's two sons; the conqueror of the whole warrior order — for that reason he was known as Vijaya.
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VaP 2 26.120
रुरुकस्तनयस्तत्र राजा धर्म्मार्थकोविदः। रुरुकाद्धृतकः पुत्रस्तस्माद्बाहुश्च जज्ञिवान्
rurukastanayastatra rājā dharmmārthakovidaḥ| rurukāddhṛtakaḥ putrastasmādbāhuśca jajñivān
There Ruruka was his son, a king versed in dharma and profit; from Ruruka the son Dhṛtaka, and from him Bāhu was born.
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VaP 2 26.121
हैहयैस्तालजङ्घैश्च निरस्तो व्यसनी नृपः। शकैर्यवनकाम्बोजैः पारदैः पह्लवैस्तथा
haihayaistālajaṅghaiśca nirasto vyasanī nṛpaḥ| śakairyavanakāmbojaiḥ pāradaiḥ pahlavaistathā
That king, given to vice, was driven out by the Haihayas and the Tālajaṅghas, and by the Śakas, Yavanas and Kāmbojas, by the Pāradas and likewise the Pahlavas.
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VaP 2 26.122
नात्यर्थं धार्म्मिकोऽभूत् स धर्म्म्ये सत्ययुगे तथा। सगरस्तु सुतो बाहोर्जज्ञे सह गरेण वै। भृगोराश्रममासाद्य तुर्वेण परिरक्षितः
nātyarthaṃ dhārmmiko'bhūt sa dharmmye satyayuge tathā| sagarastu suto bāhorjajñe saha gareṇa vai| bhṛgorāśramamāsādya turveṇa parirakṣitaḥ
He was not overly righteous, even in the righteous Age of Truth; but Sagara, the son of Bāhu, was born together with poison, and, having reached Bhṛgu's hermitage, was protected by Aurva.
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VaP 2 26.123
आग्नेयमस्त्रं लब्ध्वा तु भार्गवात् सगरो नृपः। जघान पृथिवीङ्गत्वा तालजंघान् सहैहयान्
āgneyamastraṃ labdhvā tu bhārgavāt sagaro nṛpaḥ| jaghāna pṛthivīṅgatvā tālajaṃghān sahaihayān
But king Sagara, having obtained the fire-weapon from the Bhārgava, went over the earth and slew the Tālajaṅghas along with the Haihayas.
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VaP 2 26.124
शकानां पह्लवानाञ्च धर्म्मान्निरसदच्युतः। क्षत्रियाणां तथा तेषां पारदानाञ्च धर्म्मवित्
śakānāṃ pahlavānāñca dharmmānnirasadacyutaḥ| kṣatriyāṇāṃ tathā teṣāṃ pāradānāñca dharmmavit
The unfailing one cast out the customs of the Śakas and the Pahlavas, and likewise those of those kṣatriyas and of the Pāradas — he who knew dharma.
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VaP 2 26.125
ऋषय ऊचुः।। कथं स सगरो राजा गरेण सह जज्ञिवान्। किमर्थञ्च शकादीनां क्षत्रियाणां महौजसाम्। धर्म्मान् कुलोचितान् क्रुद्धो राजा निरसदच्युतः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| kathaṃ sa sagaro rājā gareṇa saha jajñivān| kimarthañca śakādīnāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahaujasām| dharmmān kulocitān kruddho rājā nirasadacyutaḥ
The seers said: How was that king Sagara born together with poison? And for what reason did the unfailing king, in anger, cast out the family-appropriate customs of the Śakas and the rest, kṣatriyas of great might?
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VaP 2 26.126
सूत उवाच।। बाहोर्व्यसनिनस्तस्य हृतं राज्यं पुरा किल। हैहयैस्तालजंवैश्च शकैः सार्द्धं समागतैः
sūta uvāca|| bāhorvyasaninastasya hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ purā kila| haihayaistālajaṃvaiśca śakaiḥ sārddhaṃ samāgataiḥ
Sūta said: The kingdom of that Bāhu, who was given to vice, was formerly seized, they say, by the Haihayas and the Tālajaṅghas together with the Śakas, who had joined forces.
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VaP 2 26.127
यवनाः पारदाश्चैव काम्बोजाः पह्लवास्तथा। हैहयार्थं पराक्रान्ता एते पञ्चगणास्तदा
yavanāḥ pāradāścaiva kāmbojāḥ pahlavāstathā| haihayārthaṃ parākrāntā ete pañcagaṇāstadā
The Yavanas, the Pāradas, the Kāmbojas and likewise the Pahlavas — these five hordes then made their assault on behalf of the Haihayas.
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VaP 2 26.128
हृतं राज्यं बलीयोभिरेभिः क्षत्रियपुङ्गवैः । हृतराज्यस्तदा बाहुः संन्यस्य नु तदा नृपः। वनं प्रविश्य धर्म्मात्मा सह पत्न्या तपोऽचरत्
hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ balīyobhirebhiḥ kṣatriyapuṅgavaiḥ | hṛtarājyastadā bāhuḥ saṃnyasya nu tadā nṛpaḥ| vanaṃ praviśya dharmmātmā saha patnyā tapo'carat
The kingdom was seized by these mightier bulls among Kṣatriyas; and Bāhu, his kingdom seized, then renounced (it), and that king, righteous of soul, entered the forest and practised austerity together with his wife.
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VaP 2 26.129
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तोयार्थं प्रस्थितो नृपः। वृद्धत्वाद्दुर्ब्बलत्वाच्च अन्तरा स ममार च
kasyacittvatha kālasya toyārthaṃ prasthito nṛpaḥ| vṛddhatvāddurbbalatvācca antarā sa mamāra ca
Then after some time the king set out to fetch water, and because of his old age and weakness he died on the way.
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VaP 2 26.130
पत्नी तु यादवी तस्य सगर्भा पृष्ठतोऽन्वगात् । सपत्न्या तु गरस्तस्यै दत्तो गर्भजिघांसया
patnī tu yādavī tasya sagarbhā pṛṣṭhato'nvagāt | sapatnyā tu garastasyai datto garbhajighāṃsayā
But his wife, the Yādava woman, pregnant, followed behind him; and poison had been given to her by a co-wife with the wish to destroy the foetus.
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VaP 2 26.131
सा तु भर्तुश्चितां कृत्वा वह्नौ तं समरोहयत्। और्वस्तां भार्गवो दृष्ट्वा कारुण्याद्विन्यवर्त्तयत्
sā tu bhartuścitāṃ kṛtvā vahnau taṃ samarohayat| aurvastāṃ bhārgavo dṛṣṭvā kāruṇyādvinyavarttayat
She, having made her husband's funeral pyre, was mounting it (i.e. him) upon the fire; but Aurva the Bhārgava, seeing her, out of compassion turned her back.
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VaP 2 26.132
तस्याश्रमे तु तङ्गर्भं सागरेण तदा सह। व्यजायत महाबाहुं सगरं नाम धार्मिकम्
tasyāśrame tu taṅgarbhaṃ sāgareṇa tadā saha| vyajāyata mahābāhuṃ sagaraṃ nāma dhārmikam
But in his hermitage she then gave birth to that foetus together with the poison — the righteous, mighty-armed one named Sagara.
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VaP 2 26.133
और्वस्तु जातकर्मादीन् कृत्वा तस्य महात्मनः। अध्याप्य वेदशास्त्राणि ततोऽस्त्रं प्रत्यपादयत्
aurvastu jātakarmādīn kṛtvā tasya mahātmanaḥ| adhyāpya vedaśāstrāṇi tato'straṃ pratyapādayat
And Aurva, having performed the birth rites and the rest for that great-souled one, and having taught him the Vedas and the sciences, then imparted to him the weapon,
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VaP 2 26.134
जामदग्न्यात्तदाग्नेयमसुरैरपि दुःसहम्। स तेनास्त्रबलेनैव बलेन च समन्वितः । जघान हैहयान् क्रुद्धो रुद्रः पशुगणानिव
jāmadagnyāttadāgneyamasurairapi duḥsaham| sa tenāstrabalenaiva balena ca samanvitaḥ | jaghāna haihayān kruddho rudraḥ paśugaṇāniva
the fiery weapon (obtained) from the son of Jamadagni, hard to withstand even for the Asuras. Endowed with that power of the weapon and with (his own) strength, he in anger slew the Haihayas as Rudra (slays) herds of beasts.
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VaP 2 26.135
ततः शकान् सयवनान् काम्बोजान् पारदांस्तथा। पह्लवांश्चैव निःशेषान् कर्तुं व्यवसितो नृपः
tataḥ śakān sayavanān kāmbojān pāradāṃstathā| pahlavāṃścaiva niḥśeṣān kartuṃ vyavasito nṛpaḥ
Then the king resolved to make an end without remnant of the Śakas along with the Yavanas, the Kāmbojas, the Pāradas and the Pahlavas.
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VaP 2 26.136
ते वध्यमाना वीरेण सगरेण महात्मना। वसिष्ठं शरणं सर्व्वे प्रपन्नाः शरणैषिणः
te vadhyamānā vīreṇa sagareṇa mahātmanā| vasiṣṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ sarvve prapannāḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ
Being slain by the hero, the great-souled Sagara, they all sought refuge with Vasiṣṭha, seeking protection.
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VaP 2 26.137
वसिष्ठस्तान् तथेत्युक्त्वा समयेन महामुनिः । सगरं वारयामास तेषान्दत्त्वाऽभयन्तदा
vasiṣṭhastān tathetyuktvā samayena mahāmuniḥ | sagaraṃ vārayāmāsa teṣāndattvā'bhayantadā
The great sage Vasiṣṭha, saying to them "So be it," on (that) condition then granted them safety and restrained Sagara.
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VaP 2 26.138
सगरः स्वाम्प्रतिज्ञाञ्च गुरोर्वास्यं निशम्य च। धर्म्मं जघान तेषां वै वेषान्यत्वं चकार ह
sagaraḥ svāmpratijñāñca gurorvāsyaṃ niśamya ca| dharmmaṃ jaghāna teṣāṃ vai veṣānyatvaṃ cakāra ha
And Sagara, having heard his own vow and the word of his teacher, destroyed their dharma and made their dress different.
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VaP 2 26.139
अर्द्धं शकानां शिरसो मुण्डयित्वा व्यसर्जयत्। यवनानां शिरः सर्वं काम्बोजानान्तथैव च
arddhaṃ śakānāṃ śiraso muṇḍayitvā vyasarjayat| yavanānāṃ śiraḥ sarvaṃ kāmbojānāntathaiva ca
Having shaved half of the head of the Śakas, he released them; the whole head of the Yavanas, and likewise of the Kāmbojas.
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VaP 2 26.140
पारदा मुक्तकेशाश्च पह्लवाः श्मश्रु धारिणः। निःस्वाध्यायवषट्काराः कृतास्तेन महात्मना
pāradā muktakeśāśca pahlavāḥ śmaśru dhāriṇaḥ| niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāḥ kṛtāstena mahātmanā
And the Pāradas (were made) wearers of loose hair, the Pahlavas wearers of beards; they were made without Vedic recitation and without the vaṣaṭ-call by that great-souled one.
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VaP 2 26.141
शका यवनकाम्बोजाः पह्लवाः पारदैः सह। केलिस्पर्शा माहिषिका दार्वाश्चोलाः खसास्तथा
śakā yavanakāmbojāḥ pahlavāḥ pāradaiḥ saha| kelisparśā māhiṣikā dārvāścolāḥ khasāstathā
The Śakas, Yavanas, Kāmbojas, Pahlavas together with the Pāradas, the Kelisparśas, Māhiṣikas, Dārvas, Colas and likewise the Khasas —
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VaP 2 26.142
सर्व्वे ते क्षत्रियगणा धर्म्मस्तेषां निराकृतः। वसिष्ठवचनात्पूर्वं सगरेण महात्मना
sarvve te kṣatriyagaṇā dharmmasteṣāṃ nirākṛtaḥ| vasiṣṭhavacanātpūrvaṃ sagareṇa mahātmanā
all these were hordes of Kṣatriyas; their dharma was abolished formerly by the great-souled Sagara at Vasiṣṭha's word.
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VaP 2 26.143
स धर्मविजयी राजा विजित्येमां वसुन्धराम्। अश्वं विचारयामास वाजिमेधाय दीक्षितः
sa dharmavijayī rājā vijityemāṃ vasundharām| aśvaṃ vicārayāmāsa vājimedhāya dīkṣitaḥ
That king, victorious through dharma, having conquered this earth, consecrated for the horse sacrifice, let the horse roam.
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VaP 2 26.144
तस्य चारयतः सोऽश्वः समुद्रे पूर्वदक्षिणे। वेलासमीपेऽपहृतो भूमिञ्चैव प्रवेशितः
tasya cārayataḥ so'śvaḥ samudre pūrvadakṣiṇe| velāsamīpe'pahṛto bhūmiñcaiva praveśitaḥ
As he let it roam, that horse was carried off near the shore in the south-eastern ocean, and was made to enter the earth.
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VaP 2 26.145
स तन्देशं सुतैः सर्वैः खनयामास पार्थिवः। आसेदुश्च ततस्तस्मिंस्तदन्तस्ते महार्णवे
sa tandeśaṃ sutaiḥ sarvaiḥ khanayāmāsa pārthivaḥ| āseduśca tatastasmiṃstadantaste mahārṇave
The king had that region dug up by all his sons; and then they reached in it, at the end of it, in the great ocean,
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VaP 2 26.146
तमादिपुरुषं देवं हरिं कृष्णं प्रजापतिम्। विष्णुं कपिलरूपेण हंसं नारायणं प्रभुम्
tamādipuruṣaṃ devaṃ hariṃ kṛṣṇaṃ prajāpatim| viṣṇuṃ kapilarūpeṇa haṃsaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
that primal Person, the god Hari, Kṛṣṇa, the lord of creatures, Viṣṇu in the form of Kapila, the Swan, the lord Nārāyaṇa.
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VaP 2 26.147
तस्य चक्षुः समासाद्य तेजस्तत् प्रतिपद्यते। दग्धाः पुत्रास्तदा सर्वे चत्वारस्त्ववशेषिताः
tasya cakṣuḥ samāsādya tejastat pratipadyate| dagdhāḥ putrāstadā sarve catvārastvavaśeṣitāḥ
Meeting his eye, that fiery energy takes effect; then all the sons were burnt up, and only four were left over.
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VaP 2 26.148
बर्हिकेतुः सकेतुश्च तथा धर्म्मरतस्त्रयः। शूरः पञ्चवनश्चैव तस्य वंशकराः प्रभो
barhiketuḥ saketuśca tathā dharmmaratastrayaḥ| śūraḥ pañcavanaścaiva tasya vaṃśakarāḥ prabho
Barhiketu and Saketu, and likewise Dharmarata — these three; and Śūra and Pañcavana: these were the continuers of his line, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.149
प्रादाच्च तस्य भगवान् हरिर्नारायणो वरान्। अक्षयत्वं स्ववंशस्य वाजिमेधशतं तथा। विभुं पुत्रं समुद्रञ्च स्वर्गे वासं तथाक्षयम्
prādācca tasya bhagavān harirnārāyaṇo varān| akṣayatvaṃ svavaṃśasya vājimedhaśataṃ tathā| vibhuṃ putraṃ samudrañca svarge vāsaṃ tathākṣayam
And the Lord Hari Nārāyaṇa granted him boons: the imperishability of his own lineage, a hundred horse-sacrifices, a mighty son, and the ocean, and an unending dwelling in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.150
स समुद्रोऽश्वमादाय वन्ददे (?) सरितांपतिः। सागरत्वं च लेभे स कर्मणा तेन तस्य वै
sa samudro'śvamādāya vandade (?) saritāṃpatiḥ| sāgaratvaṃ ca lebhe sa karmaṇā tena tasya vai
That ocean, the lord of rivers, taking the horse, ... (?); and by that deed of his he obtained the state of being the 'sāgara' (ocean).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.151
तं चाश्वमेधिकं सोऽश्वं समुद्रात् प्राप्य पार्थिवः। आजहाराश्वमेधानां शतं चैव पुनः पुनः
taṃ cāśvamedhikaṃ so'śvaṃ samudrāt prāpya pārthivaḥ| ājahārāśvamedhānāṃ śataṃ caiva punaḥ punaḥ
And the king, having obtained that horse fit for the horse-sacrifice from the ocean, performed a hundred horse-sacrifices, again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.152
षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि दग्धान्यश्वानुसारिणाम्। तेषां नारायणं तेजः प्रविष्टानां महात्मनाम्। पुत्राणान्तु सहस्राणि षष्टिस्तु इति नः श्रुतम्
ṣaṣṭiputrasahasrāṇi dagdhānyaśvānusāriṇām| teṣāṃ nārāyaṇaṃ tejaḥ praviṣṭānāṃ mahātmanām| putrāṇāntu sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭistu iti naḥ śrutam
Sixty thousand sons, who had followed the horse, were burnt; the fiery energy of Nārāyaṇa (consumed) those great-souled ones who had entered (there); and the sons were sixty thousand — so we have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.153
ऋषय ऊचुः।. सगरस्यात्मजा राज्ञः कथं जाता महाबलाः। विक्रान्ताः षष्टिसाहस्रा विधिना केन वा वद
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|. sagarasyātmajā rājñaḥ kathaṃ jātā mahābalāḥ| vikrāntāḥ ṣaṣṭisāhasrā vidhinā kena vā vada
The sages said: How were king Sagara's sons born, mighty in strength, valiant, sixty thousand of them? By what means? Tell us.
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VaP 2 26.154
सूत उवाच।। द्वे पत्न्यौ सगरस्यास्तां तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषे। ज्येष्ठा विदर्भदुहिता केशिनी नाम नामतः
sūta uvāca|| dve patnyau sagarasyāstāṃ tapasā dagdhakilbiṣe| jyeṣṭhā vidarbhaduhitā keśinī nāma nāmataḥ
Sūta said: Sagara had two wives, whose faults were burnt away by austerity; the elder was the daughter of (the king of) Vidarbha, Keśinī by name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.155
कनीयसी तु या तस्य पत्नी परमधर्मिणी। अरिष्टनेमिदुहिता रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि
kanīyasī tu yā tasya patnī paramadharmiṇī| ariṣṭanemiduhitā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi
And the younger wife of his was supremely righteous, the daughter of Ariṣṭanemi, unequalled on earth in beauty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.156
और्वस्ताभ्यां वरं प्रादात् तपसाराधितः प्रभुः। एका जनिष्यते पुत्रं वंशकर्त्तारमीप्सितम्। षष्टिपुत्रं सहस्राणि द्वितीया जनयिष्यति
aurvastābhyāṃ varaṃ prādāt tapasārādhitaḥ prabhuḥ| ekā janiṣyate putraṃ vaṃśakarttāramīpsitam| ṣaṣṭiputraṃ sahasrāṇi dvitīyā janayiṣyati
Aurva, the mighty one, propitiated by austerity, granted the two of them a boon: one shall bear a single son, the desired continuer of the line; the second shall bring forth sixty thousand sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.157
मुनेस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा केशिनी पुत्रमेककम्। वंशस्य कारणं श्रेष्ठा जग्राह नृपसंसदि
munestu vacanaṃ śrutvā keśinī putramekakam| vaṃśasya kāraṇaṃ śreṣṭhā jagrāha nṛpasaṃsadi
Hearing the sage's words, Keśinī, the eldest and best (of the two), chose the single son, the ground of the lineage, in the assembly of the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.158
षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि सुपर्णभगिनी तथा। महात्मनस्तु जग्राह सुमतिः पोषणे नृपः
ṣaṣṭiputrasahasrāṇi suparṇabhaginī tathā| mahātmanastu jagrāha sumatiḥ poṣaṇe nṛpaḥ
And the sister of Suparṇa (Garuḍa) chose the sixty thousand sons; and the king, great-souled Sagara, took up their nurture. (Or: Sumati took charge of nourishing them.)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.159
अथ काले गते ज्येष्ठा ज्येष्ठं पुत्रं व्यजायत। असमञ्ज इति ख्यातं काकुत्स्थं सगरात्मजम्
atha kāle gate jyeṣṭhā jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ vyajāyata| asamañja iti khyātaṃ kākutsthaṃ sagarātmajam
Then, when the time came, the elder brought forth the eldest son, Sagara's son of the Kākutstha line, known as Asamañja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.160
सुमतिस्त्वपि जज्ञे वै गर्भन्तुम्बं यशस्विनी। षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि तुम्बमध्याद्विनिःसृताः
sumatistvapi jajñe vai garbhantumbaṃ yaśasvinī| ṣaṣṭiputrasahasrāṇi tumbamadhyādviniḥsṛtāḥ
And the illustrious Sumati too gave birth to a gourd as her embryo; sixty thousand sons came forth from within the gourd.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.161
घृतपूर्णेषु कुम्भेषु तान् गर्भान् न्यदधत्ततः। धात्रीश्चैकैकशः प्रादात् तावतीः पोषणे नृपः
ghṛtapūrṇeṣu kumbheṣu tān garbhān nyadadhattataḥ| dhātrīścaikaikaśaḥ prādāt tāvatīḥ poṣaṇe nṛpaḥ
Then the king placed those embryos in jars filled with ghee, and assigned nurses, one for each, as many as there were, for their rearing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.162
ततो नवसु मासेषु समुत्तस्थुर्यथासुखम्। कुमारास्ते महाभागाः सगरप्रीतिवर्द्धनाः
tato navasu māseṣu samuttasthuryathāsukham| kumārāste mahābhāgāḥ sagaraprītivarddhanāḥ
Then, in nine months, those greatly fortunate boys rose up in comfort, increasing Sagara's joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.163
कालेन महता चैव चौवनं प्रतिपेदिरे। षष्टिपुत्रसहस्राणि तेषामश्वानुसारिणाम्
kālena mahatā caiva cauvanaṃ pratipedire| ṣaṣṭiputrasahasrāṇi teṣāmaśvānusāriṇām
And after a long time they attained youth — those sixty thousand sons of his who (later) followed the horse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.164
स तु ज्येष्ठो नरव्याघ्रः सगरस्यात्मसम्भवः। असमञ्ज इति ख्यातो बर्हिकेतुर्महाबलः
sa tu jyeṣṭho naravyāghraḥ sagarasyātmasambhavaḥ| asamañja iti khyāto barhiketurmahābalaḥ
But that eldest one, a tiger among men, sprung from Sagara's own self, known as Asamañja, was the mighty Barhiketu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.165
पौराणामहिते युक्तः पित्रा निर्वासितः पुरा। तस्य पुत्रोंऽशुमान्नाम असमञ्जस्य वीर्यवान्
paurāṇāmahite yuktaḥ pitrā nirvāsitaḥ purā| tasya putroṃ'śumānnāma asamañjasya vīryavān
Bent upon harm to the townsfolk, he was long ago banished by his father. Asamañja's son was the valiant one named Aṃśumān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.166
तस्य पुत्रस्तु धर्मात्मा दिलीप इति विश्रुतः। दिलीपात्तु महातेजा वीरो जातो भगीरथः
tasya putrastu dharmātmā dilīpa iti viśrutaḥ| dilīpāttu mahātejā vīro jāto bhagīrathaḥ
His son was the righteous one renowned as Dilīpa; and from Dilīpa was born the hero Bhagīratha of great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.167
येन गङ्गा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा विमानैरुपशोभिता । ईजाऽनेन समुद्राद्वै दुहितृत्वेन कल्पिता। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं पौराणिका जनाः
yena gaṅgā saricchreṣṭhā vimānairupaśobhitā | ījā'nena samudrādvai duhitṛtvena kalpitā| atrāpyudāharantīmaṃ ślokaṃ paurāṇikā janāḥ
(He it was) by whom Gaṅgā, best of rivers, was made lovely with celestial cars; by him she was sacrificially made (his own) from the ocean, being appointed as (his) daughter. On this too men versed in the Purāṇas recite this verse:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.168
भगीरथस्तु तां गङ्गामानयामास कर्मभिः । तस्माद्भागीरथी गङ्गा कथ्यते वंशवित्तमैः
bhagīrathastu tāṃ gaṅgāmānayāmāsa karmabhiḥ | tasmādbhāgīrathī gaṅgā kathyate vaṃśavittamaiḥ
Bhagīratha brought that Gaṅgā (down) by his deeds; therefore Gaṅgā is called Bhāgīrathī by the best knowers of lineages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.169
भगीरथसुतश्चापि श्रुतो नाम बभूव ह। नाभागस्तस्य दायादो नित्यं धर्मपरायणः
bhagīrathasutaścāpi śruto nāma babhūva ha| nābhāgastasya dāyādo nityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇaḥ
And Bhagīratha's son was one named Śruta; his heir was Nābhāga, ever devoted to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.170
अम्बरीषः सुतस्तस्य सिन्धुद्वीपस्ततोऽभवत्। एवं वंशपुराणज्ञा गायन्तीति परिश्रुतम्
ambarīṣaḥ sutastasya sindhudvīpastato'bhavat| evaṃ vaṃśapurāṇajñā gāyantīti pariśrutam
His son was Ambarīṣa, and from him came Sindhudvīpa; thus those who know the lineages and the Purāṇas sing, so it is heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.171
नाभागेरम्बरीषस्य भुजाभ्यां परिपालिता। बभूव वसुधात्यर्थं तापत्रयविवर्जिता
nābhāgerambarīṣasya bhujābhyāṃ paripālitā| babhūva vasudhātyarthaṃ tāpatrayavivarjitā
Guarded by the two arms of Ambarīṣa, son of Nābhāga, the earth became exceedingly free of the three afflictions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.172
अयुतायुः सुतस्तस्य सिन्धुद्वीपस्य वीर्यवान्। अयुतायोस्तु दायाद ऋतुपर्णो महायशाः
ayutāyuḥ sutastasya sindhudvīpasya vīryavān| ayutāyostu dāyāda ṛtuparṇo mahāyaśāḥ
The valiant Ayutāyus was the son of that Sindhudvīpa; and Ayutāyus's heir was the greatly renowned Ṛtuparṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.173
दिव्याक्षहृदज्ञोऽसौ राजा नलसखो बली। नलौ द्वाविति विख्यातौ पुराणेषु दृढव्रतौ
divyākṣahṛdajño'sau rājā nalasakho balī| nalau dvāviti vikhyātau purāṇeṣu dṛḍhavratau
That king was a knower of the secret (science) of the divine dice, mighty, the friend of Nala; two Nalas, firm in their vows, are well known in the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.174
वीरसेनात्मजश्चैव यश्चेक्ष्वाकुकुलोद्वहः। ऋतुपर्णस्य पुत्रोऽभूत् सर्व्वकामो जनेश्वरः
vīrasenātmajaścaiva yaścekṣvākukulodvahaḥ| ṛtuparṇasya putro'bhūt sarvvakāmo janeśvaraḥ
(One was) the son of Vīrasena, and (the other) he who was the upholder of the Ikṣvāku line. Ṛtuparṇa's son was Sarvakāma, lord of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.175
सुदासस्तस्य तनयो राजा हंसमुखोऽभवत्। सुदासस्य सुतः प्रोक्तः सौदासो नाम पार्थिवः
sudāsastasya tanayo rājā haṃsamukho'bhavat| sudāsasya sutaḥ proktaḥ saudāso nāma pārthivaḥ
His son was king Sudāsa, who was swan-faced; Sudāsa's son is said to be the prince named Saudāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.176
ख्यातः कल्माषपादो वै नाम्ना मित्रसहश्च सः । वसिष्ठस्तु महातेजाः क्षेत्रे कल्माषपादके। अश्मकं जनयामास इक्ष्वाकुकुलवृद्धये
khyātaḥ kalmāṣapādo vai nāmnā mitrasahaśca saḥ | vasiṣṭhastu mahātejāḥ kṣetre kalmāṣapādake| aśmakaṃ janayāmāsa ikṣvākukulavṛddhaye
He was famed as Kalmāṣapāda and by name also Mitrasaha. But Vasiṣṭha of great splendour begot Aśmaka in Kalmāṣapāda's field (wife), for the increase of the Ikṣvāku line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.177
अश्मकस्योरकामस्तु मूलकस्तत्सुतोऽभवत्। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं मूलकं वै नृपं प्रति
aśmakasyorakāmastu mūlakastatsuto'bhavat| atrāpyudāharantīmaṃ mūlakaṃ vai nṛpaṃ prati
Aśmaka's (son was) Urakāma(?), and Mūlaka was his son. On this too they recite this (verse) concerning king Mūlaka:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.178
स हि रामभयाद्राजा स्त्रीभिः परिवृतोऽवसत्। विवस्त्रस्त्राणमिच्छन् वै नारीकवचमीश्वरः
sa hi rāmabhayādrājā strībhiḥ parivṛto'vasat| vivastrastrāṇamicchan vai nārīkavacamīśvaraḥ
For that king, out of fear of Rāma, dwelt surrounded by women; unclothed, that lord desired protection, having women for his armour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.179
मूलकस्यापि धर्मात्मा राजा शतरथः स्मृतः। तस्माच्छतरथाज्जज्ञे राजा चैडिविडो बली
mūlakasyāpi dharmātmā rājā śatarathaḥ smṛtaḥ| tasmācchatarathājjajñe rājā caiḍiviḍo balī
Mūlaka's (son) too, the righteous king Śataratha, is remembered; and from that Śataratha was born the mighty king Aiḍiviḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.180
आसीत्त्वैडिविडः श्रीमान् कृतशर्मा प्रतापवान्। पुत्रो विश्वमहत्तस्य पुत्रीकस्य व्यजायत
āsīttvaiḍiviḍaḥ śrīmān kṛtaśarmā pratāpavān| putro viśvamahattasya putrīkasya vyajāyata
Aiḍiviḍa was the illustrious and majestic Kṛtaśarman; his son Viśvamahat was born of (his) appointed daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.181
दिलीपस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूत् खट्वाङ्ग इति विश्रुतः। येन स्वर्गादिहागम्य मुहूर्त्तं प्राप्य जीवितम्। त्रयोऽभिसंहिता लोका बुद्ध्या सत्येन चैव हि
dilīpastasya putro'bhūt khaṭvāṅga iti viśrutaḥ| yena svargādihāgamya muhūrttaṃ prāpya jīvitam| trayo'bhisaṃhitā lokā buddhyā satyena caiva hi
His son was Dilīpa, well known as Khaṭvāṅga, by whom, having come here from heaven and obtained life for (only) a moment, the three worlds were won together by wisdom and by truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 26.182
दीर्गबाहुः सुतस्तस्य रघुस्तस्मादजायत। अजः पुत्रो रघोश्चापि तस्माज्जज्ञे स वीर्यवान्। राजा दशरथो नाम इक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः
dīrgabāhuḥ sutastasya raghustasmādajāyata| ajaḥ putro raghoścāpi tasmājjajñe sa vīryavān| rājā daśaratho nāma ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ
His son was Dīrghabāhu; from him Raghu was born; and Aja was the son of Raghu; from him was born that valiant king named Daśaratha, the delight of the Ikṣvāku line.
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VaP 2 26.183
रामो दाशरथिर्वीरो धर्मज्ञो लोकविश्रुतः। भरतो लक्ष्मणश्चैव शत्रुघ्नश्च महाबलः
rāmo dāśarathirvīro dharmajño lokaviśrutaḥ| bharato lakṣmaṇaścaiva śatrughnaśca mahābalaḥ
(His sons were) Rāma, son of Daśaratha, the hero, knower of dharma, famed in the world, and Bharata and Lakṣmaṇa, and the very strong Śatrughna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 26.184
माधवं लवणं हत्वा गत्वा मधुवनञ्च तत्। शत्रुघ्नेन पुरी तस्य मथुरा सन्निवेशिता
mādhavaṃ lavaṇaṃ hatvā gatvā madhuvanañca tat| śatrughnena purī tasya mathurā sanniveśitā
Having gone (there) and slain Lavaṇa, son of Madhu, and (destroyed) that Madhu forest, Śatrughna founded his city Mathurā.
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VaP 2 26.185
सुबाहुः शूरसेनश्च शत्रुघ्नसहितावुभौ। पालयामासतुः सूनू वैदेह्यौ मथुरां पुरीम्
subāhuḥ śūrasenaśca śatrughnasahitāvubhau| pālayāmāsatuḥ sūnū vaidehyau mathurāṃ purīm
Subāhu and Śūrasena, the two sons born of the Vaideha princess, both together with Śatrughna, ruled the city Mathurā.
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VaP 2 26.186
अङ्गदश्चान्द्रकेतुश्च लक्ष्मणस्यात्मजावुभौ। हिमवत्पर्वताभ्याशे स्फीतौ जनपदौ तयोः
aṅgadaścāndraketuśca lakṣmaṇasyātmajāvubhau| himavatparvatābhyāśe sphītau janapadau tayoḥ
Aṅgada and Candraketu were both sons of Lakṣmaṇa; their two flourishing territories lay near the Himālaya mountain.
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VaP 2 26.187
अङ्गदस्याङ्गदीया तु देशे कारपथे पुरी। चन्द्रकेतोस्तु मल्लस्य चन्द्रवक्ता पुरी शुभा
aṅgadasyāṅgadīyā tu deśe kārapathe purī| candraketostu mallasya candravaktā purī śubhā
Aṅgada's city was Aṅgadīyā, in the Kārapatha country; and Candraketu's fair city was Candravaktā, of Malla.
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VaP 2 26.188
भरतस्यात्मजौ वीरौ तक्षः पुष्कर एव च। गान्धारविषये सिद्धे तयोः पुर्यौ महात्मनोः
bharatasyātmajau vīrau takṣaḥ puṣkara eva ca| gāndhāraviṣaye siddhe tayoḥ puryau mahātmanoḥ
Bharata's two sons were heroes, Takṣa and Puṣkara; the cities of those two great-souled ones were established in the Gāndhāra region.
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VaP 2 26.189
तक्षस्य दिक्षु विख्याता रम्या तक्षशिला पुरी। पुष्करस्यापि वीरस्य विख्याता पुष्करावती
takṣasya dikṣu vikhyātā ramyā takṣaśilā purī| puṣkarasyāpi vīrasya vikhyātā puṣkarāvatī
Takṣa's city was the lovely Takṣaśilā, famed in (all) directions; and of the hero Puṣkara, the renowned Puṣkarāvatī.
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VaP 2 26.190
गाथां चैवात्र गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जताः। रामे निबद्धास्सत्त्वार्था माहात्म्यात्तस्य धीमतः
gāthāṃ caivātra gāyanti ye purāṇavido jatāḥ| rāme nibaddhāssattvārthā māhātmyāttasya dhīmataḥ
And here those who are learned in the ancient lore sing a song, composed concerning Rāma, of true import, because of the greatness of that wise one.
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VaP 2 26.191
श्यामो युवा लोहिताक्षो दीप्तास्यो मितभाषितः। आजानुबाहुः सुमुखः सिंहस्कन्धो महाभुजः
śyāmo yuvā lohitākṣo dīptāsyo mitabhāṣitaḥ| ājānubāhuḥ sumukhaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ
Dark-complexioned, youthful, red-eyed, with a radiant face, sparing in speech, his arms reaching to his knees, fair-faced, lion-shouldered, mighty-armed —
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VaP 2 26.192
दशवर्षसहस्राणि रामो राज्यमकारयत्। ऋक्सामयजुषां घोषो ज्याघोषश्च महास्वनः
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi rāmo rājyamakārayat| ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ ghoṣo jyāghoṣaśca mahāsvanaḥ
For ten thousand years Rāma had the kingdom governed; the sound of the Ṛg, Sāma and Yajus (verses) and the loud noise of bowstrings —
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VaP 2 26.193
अविच्छिन्नोऽभवद्राष्ट्रे दीयतां भुज्यतामिति। जनस्थाने वसन् कार्यं त्रिदशानाञ्चकारसः
avicchinno'bhavadrāṣṭre dīyatāṃ bhujyatāmiti| janasthāne vasan kāryaṃ tridaśānāñcakārasaḥ
—was unbroken in the realm, (as was the cry) "Let it be given, let it be enjoyed!" Dwelling in the abode of men, he did the work of the thirty (gods).
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VaP 2 26.194
तमागस्कारिणं पूर्वं पौलस्त्यं मनुजर्षभः। सीतायाः पदमन्विच्छन् निजघान महायशाः
tamāgaskāriṇaṃ pūrvaṃ paulastyaṃ manujarṣabhaḥ| sītāyāḥ padamanvicchan nijaghāna mahāyaśāḥ
That offender, the descendant of Pulastya, that bull among men, of great fame, slew earlier, while searching out the trace of Sītā.
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VaP 2 26.195
सत्त्ववान् गुणसम्पन्नो दीप्यमानः स्व तेजसा। अतिसूर्यञ्च वह्निञ्च रामो दाशरथिर्बभौ
sattvavān guṇasampanno dīpyamānaḥ sva tejasā| atisūryañca vahniñca rāmo dāśarathirbabhau
Full of strength, endowed with virtues, blazing with his own splendour, Rāma the son of Daśaratha shone beyond the sun and beyond fire.
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VaP 2 26.196
एवमेव महाबाहुरिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः । रावणं सगणं हत्वा दिवमाचक्रमे विभुः
evameva mahābāhurikṣvākukulanandanaḥ | rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ hatvā divamācakrame vibhuḥ
Just so the mighty-armed lord, the delight of the Ikṣvāku line, having slain Rāvaṇa together with his troops, ascended to heaven.
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VaP 2 26.197
श्रीरामस्यात्मजो जज्ञे कुश इत्यभिधीयते। लवश्चान्यो महावीर्यस्तयोर्देशौ निबोधत
śrīrāmasyātmajo jajñe kuśa ityabhidhīyate| lavaścānyo mahāvīryastayordeśau nibodhata
A son was born to blessed Rāma, who is called Kuśa; and another, Lava, of great might. Learn of the countries of those two.
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VaP 2 26.198
कुशस्य कोशला राज्यं पुरी वापि कुशस्थली। रम्या निवेशिता तेन विन्ध्यपर्वतसानुषु
kuśasya kośalā rājyaṃ purī vāpi kuśasthalī| ramyā niveśitā tena vindhyaparvatasānuṣu
Kuśa's kingdom was Kośalā, and his city Kuśasthalī, a lovely (city) settled by him on the ridges of the Vindhya mountain.
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VaP 2 26.199
उत्तराकोशले राज्यं लवस्य च महात्मनः। श्रावस्ती लोकविख्याता कुशवंशं निबोधत
uttarākośale rājyaṃ lavasya ca mahātmanaḥ| śrāvastī lokavikhyātā kuśavaṃśaṃ nibodhata
And the kingdom of the great-souled Lava was in northern Kośalā, (with) Śrāvastī, famed in the world. Learn now of the line of Kuśa.
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VaP 2 26.200
कुशस्य पुत्रो धर्मात्मा ह्यतिथिः सुप्रियातिथिः। अतिथेरपि विख्यातो निषधो नाम पार्थिवः
kuśasya putro dharmātmā hyatithiḥ supriyātithiḥ| atitherapi vikhyāto niṣadho nāma pārthivaḥ
Kuśa's son was the righteous Atithi, who was very fond of guests; and of Atithi too there was a renowned king named Niṣadha.
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VaP 2 26.201
निषधस्य नलः पुत्रो नभः पुत्रो नलस्य तु। नभसः पुण्डरीकस्तु क्षेमधन्वा ततः स्मृतः
niṣadhasya nalaḥ putro nabhaḥ putro nalasya tu| nabhasaḥ puṇḍarīkastu kṣemadhanvā tataḥ smṛtaḥ
Niṣadha's son was Nala, and Nala's son Nabhas; from Nabhas came Puṇḍarīka, and after him Kṣemadhanvā is recorded.
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VaP 2 26.202
क्षेमधन्वसुतो राजा देवानीकः प्रतापवान्। आसीदहीनगुर्नाम देवानी कात्मजः प्रभुः
kṣemadhanvasuto rājā devānīkaḥ pratāpavān| āsīdahīnagurnāma devānī kātmajaḥ prabhuḥ
Kṣemadhanvā's son was the majestic king Devānīka; and Devānīka's son was the lord named Ahīnagu.
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VaP 2 26.203
अहीनगोस्तु दायादः पारियात्रो महायशाः। दलस्तस्यात्मजश्चापि तस्माज्जज्ञे बलो नृपः
ahīnagostu dāyādaḥ pāriyātro mahāyaśāḥ| dalastasyātmajaścāpi tasmājjajñe balo nṛpaḥ
Ahīnagu's heir was the greatly famed Pāriyātra; his son was Dala, and from him was born king Bala.
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VaP 2 26.204
औङ्को नाम स धर्मात्मा बलपुत्रो बभूव ह। वज्रनाभः सुतस्तस्य शङ्खणस्तस्य चात्मजः
auṅko nāma sa dharmātmā balaputro babhūva ha| vajranābhaḥ sutastasya śaṅkhaṇastasya cātmajaḥ
Bala's son was that righteous one named Auṅka; his son was Vajranābha, and his son Śaṅkhaṇa.
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VaP 2 26.205
शंखणस्य सुतो विद्वान् ध्युषिताश्च इति श्रुतः । ध्युषिताश्च सुतश्चापि राजा विश्वसहः किल
śaṃkhaṇasya suto vidvān dhyuṣitāśca iti śrutaḥ | dhyuṣitāśca sutaścāpi rājā viśvasahaḥ kila
Śaṅkhaṇa's son was the learned one known as Dhyuṣitāśva; and Dhyuṣitāśva's son was, they say, king Viśvasaha.
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VaP 2 26.206
हिरण्यनाभः कौशल्यो वसिष्ठस्तत्सुतोऽभवत्। पौत्रस्य जैमिनेः शिष्यः स्मृतः सर्वेषु शर्मसु
hiraṇyanābhaḥ kauśalyo vasiṣṭhastatsuto'bhavat| pautrasya jaimineḥ śiṣyaḥ smṛtaḥ sarveṣu śarmasu
His son was Hiraṇyanābha of Kośala, (called) Vasiṣṭha; he is recorded as the pupil of Jaimini's grandson in all the śarmans (sacred lore).
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VaP 2 26.207
शतानि संहितानान्तु पञ्च योऽधीतवांस्ततः। तस्मादधिगतो योगो याज्ञवल्क्येन धीमता
śatāni saṃhitānāntu pañca yo'dhītavāṃstataḥ| tasmādadhigato yogo yājñavalkyena dhīmatā
He who thereafter studied five hundred collections (saṃhitās)—from him the yoga was acquired by the wise Yājñavalkya.
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VaP 2 26.208
पुष्यस्तस्य सुतो विद्वान् ध्रुवसन्धिश्च तत्सुतः। सुदर्शनस्तस्य सुतो अग्निवर्णः सुदर्शनात्
puṣyastasya suto vidvān dhruvasandhiśca tatsutaḥ| sudarśanastasya suto agnivarṇaḥ sudarśanāt
Puṣya was his learned son, and Dhruvasandhi was his son; Sudarśana was his son, and from Sudarśana came Agnivarṇa.
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VaP 2 26.209
अग्निवर्णस्य शीघ्रस्तु शीघ्रकस्य मनुः स्मृतः। मनुस्तु योगमास्थाय कलापग्राममास्थितः। एकोनविंशप्रयुगे क्षत्रप्रावर्त्तकः प्रभुः
agnivarṇasya śīghrastu śīghrakasya manuḥ smṛtaḥ| manustu yogamāsthāya kalāpagrāmamāsthitaḥ| ekonaviṃśaprayuge kṣatraprāvarttakaḥ prabhuḥ
Of Agnivarṇa (the son was) Śīghra, and of Śīghraka, Manu is recorded. Manu, having taken up yoga, dwelt in the village of Kalāpa; in the nineteenth (turn of the) yuga he is the lord who sets the kṣatra going again.
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VaP 2 26.210
प्रसुश्रुतो मनोः पुत्रः सुसन्धिस्तस्य चात्मजः। सुसन्धेश्च तथामर्षः सहस्वान्नाम नामतः
prasuśruto manoḥ putraḥ susandhistasya cātmajaḥ| susandheśca tathāmarṣaḥ sahasvānnāma nāmataḥ
Prasuśruta was Manu's son, and Susandhi was his son; and of Susandhi (were born) Amarṣa and the one named Sahasvān by name.
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VaP 2 26.211
आसीत्सहस्वतः पुत्रो राजा विश्रुतवानिति। तस्यासीद्विश्रुतवतः पुत्रो राजा बृहद्बलः
āsītsahasvataḥ putro rājā viśrutavāniti| tasyāsīdviśrutavataḥ putro rājā bṛhadbalaḥ
Sahasvān's son was the king called Viśrutavān; and of that Viśrutavān the son was king Bṛhadbala.
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VaP 2 26.212
एते इक्ष्वाकुदायादा राजानः प्रायशः स्मृताः। वंशे प्रधाना ये तेऽस्मिन् प्राधान्येन तु कीर्त्तिताः
ete ikṣvākudāyādā rājānaḥ prāyaśaḥ smṛtāḥ| vaṃśe pradhānā ye te'smin prādhānyena tu kīrttitāḥ
These kings, for the most part, are recorded as the heirs of Ikṣvāku; those who are foremost in the line have here been proclaimed according to their pre-eminence.
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VaP 2 26.213
पठन् सम्यगिमां सृष्टिमादित्यस्य विवस्वतः। प्रजावानेति सायुज्यं मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य सः
paṭhan samyagimāṃ sṛṣṭimādityasya vivasvataḥ| prajāvāneti sāyujyaṃ manorvaivasvatasya saḥ
Reciting rightly this genealogy of Āditya Vivasvat, he becomes possessed of offspring and attains union with Manu Vaivasvata,
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VaP 2 26.214
श्राद्धदेवस्य देवस्य प्रजानां पुष्टिदस्य च। विपाप्मा विरजाश्चैव आयुष्मान् भवतेऽच्युतः
śrāddhadevasya devasya prajānāṃ puṣṭidasya ca| vipāpmā virajāścaiva āyuṣmān bhavate'cyutaḥ
with the god Śrāddhadeva, the giver of increase to creatures; and free of evil, free of taint, and long-lived, he becomes unfallen.
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