Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 27
VaP 2 27.1
।।सूत उवाच।। अनुजस्य विकुक्षेस्तु निमेर्वंशं निबोधत। योऽसौ निवेशयामास पुरन्देवपुरोपमम् वायूमहापुराणम् - उत्तरार्द्धम् - २८ ।।सूत उवाच ।। पिता सोमस्य वैविप्रा जज्ञेऽत्रिर्भगवानृषिः। सोऽति तस्थौ सर्वलोकान्भगवान्त्स्वेन तेजसा वायूमहापुराणम् - उत्तरार्द्धम् - २९ सूत उवाच ।। सोमस्य तु बुधः पुत्रो बुधस्य तु पुरूरवाः। तेजस्वी दानशीलश्च यज्वा विपुलदक्षिणः
||sūta uvāca|| anujasya vikukṣestu nimervaṃśaṃ nibodhata| yo'sau niveśayāmāsa purandevapuropamam vāyūmahāpurāṇam - uttarārddham - 28 ||sūta uvāca || pitā somasya vaiviprā jajñe'trirbhagavānṛṣiḥ| so'ti tasthau sarvalokānbhagavāntsvena tejasā vāyūmahāpurāṇam - uttarārddham - 29 sūta uvāca || somasya tu budhaḥ putro budhasya tu purūravāḥ| tejasvī dānaśīlaśca yajvā vipuladakṣiṇaḥ
Sūta said: Now learn the lineage of Nimi, the younger brother of Vikukṣi, who settled a city like the city of the gods. — Sūta said: O brahmins, the father of Soma, the blessed seer Atri, was born; and that blessed one stood above all the worlds by his own splendour. — Sūta said: Soma's son was Budha, and Budha's son was Purūravas, full of splendour, given to giving, a sacrificer with abundant gifts.
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VaP 2 27.2
जयन्तमितिविख्यातं गौतमस्याश्रमाभितः। यस्यान्ववाये यज्ञे वै जनकादृषिसत्तमात् कर्मणा मनसा वाचा शुभान्येव समाचरन्। काष्ठकुड्यशिलाभूत ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुर्महाद्युतिः ब्रह्मवादी पराक्रान्तः शत्रुभिर्युधि दुर्जयः। आहर्त्ता चाग्निहोत्रस्य यज्वनाञ्च ददौ महीम्
jayantamitivikhyātaṃ gautamasyāśramābhitaḥ| yasyānvavāye yajñe vai janakādṛṣisattamāt karmaṇā manasā vācā śubhānyeva samācaran| kāṣṭhakuḍyaśilābhūta ūrddhvabāhurmahādyutiḥ brahmavādī parākrāntaḥ śatrubhiryudhi durjayaḥ| āharttā cāgnihotrasya yajvanāñca dadau mahīm
(a city) famed as Jayanta, close by Gautama's hermitage; in whose line, at the sacrifice, from Janaka best of seers... — carrying out only auspicious things in deed, in mind and in speech; become (motionless) as wood, wall and stone, with arm upraised, of great brilliance; a proclaimer of brahman, valorous, hard for enemies to conquer in battle; a performer of the agnihotra, he gave the earth to the sacrificers.
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VaP 2 27.3
नेमिर्नाम सुधर्मात्मा सर्वसत्वनमस्कृतः। आसीत् पुत्रो महाप्राज्ञ इक्ष्वाकोर्भूरितेजसः सुदुश्चरं नाम तपो येन तप्तं महत्पुरा। त्रीणि वर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानीति हि नः श्रुतम् सत्यवाक् कर्म्मबुद्धिश्च कान्तः संवृतमैथुनः। अतीव पुत्रो लोकेषु रूपेणाप्रतिमोऽभवत्
nemirnāma sudharmātmā sarvasatvanamaskṛtaḥ| āsīt putro mahāprājña ikṣvākorbhūritejasaḥ suduścaraṃ nāma tapo yena taptaṃ mahatpurā| trīṇi varṣasahasrāṇi divyānīti hi naḥ śrutam satyavāk karmmabuddhiśca kāntaḥ saṃvṛtamaithunaḥ| atīva putro lokeṣu rūpeṇāpratimo'bhavat
There was one named Nemi, of excellent righteous nature, honoured by all beings, the greatly wise son of Ikṣvāku of abundant splendour. By him was practised of old that great austerity called 'very hard to perform'—for three thousand divine years, so we have heard. Truthful in speech, of (resolute) mind in action, handsome, keeping intercourse concealed; the son was exceedingly matchless in beauty among the worlds.
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VaP 2 27.4
स शापेन वसिष्ठस्य विदेहः समपद्यत। तस्य पुत्रो मिथिर्नाम जनितः पर्वभिस्त्रिभिः तस्योर्द्ध्वरेतसस्तत्र स्थितस्यानिमिषस्पृहम्। सोमत्वन्तनुरापेदे महाबुद्धिः स वै द्विजः तं ब्रह्मवादिनं दान्तं धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम्। उर्वशी वरयामास हित्वा मानं यशस्विनी
sa śāpena vasiṣṭhasya videhaḥ samapadyata| tasya putro mithirnāma janitaḥ parvabhistribhiḥ tasyorddhvaretasastatra sthitasyānimiṣaspṛham| somatvantanurāpede mahābuddhiḥ sa vai dvijaḥ taṃ brahmavādinaṃ dāntaṃ dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam| urvaśī varayāmāsa hitvā mānaṃ yaśasvinī
By Vasiṣṭha's curse he became bodiless (Videha). His son named Mithi was generated from three joints. Of him who stood there with his seed drawn upward... the longing of the unblinking ones; that greatly wise twice-born attained, in his body, the state of Soma. Him, a proclaimer of brahman, self-controlled, knowing dharma, speaking truth—the glorious Urvaśī chose, casting off her pride.
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VaP 2 27.5
अरण्यां मथ्यमानायां प्रादुर्भूतो महायशाः। नाम्ना मिथिरिति ख्यातो जननाज्जनकोऽभवत् ऊर्द्ध्वमाचक्रमे तस्य सोमत्वं भावितात्मनः। सोमः सुस्राव नेत्राभ्यां दश वा द्योतयन् दिशः तया सहावसद्राजा दशवर्षाणि चाष्ट च। सप्त षट् सप्त चाष्टौ च दश चाष्टौ च वीर्यवान्
araṇyāṃ mathyamānāyāṃ prādurbhūto mahāyaśāḥ| nāmnā mithiriti khyāto jananājjanako'bhavat ūrddhvamācakrame tasya somatvaṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ| somaḥ susrāva netrābhyāṃ daśa vā dyotayan diśaḥ tayā sahāvasadrājā daśavarṣāṇi cāṣṭa ca| sapta ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca daśa cāṣṭau ca vīryavān
As the fire-stick was being churned, the greatly glorious one came forth; known by the name Mithi, and from his being born (janana) he became Janaka. The state of Soma rose upward in him, whose self was perfected; Soma flowed from his two eyes, lighting up the ten directions. With her the king dwelt eighteen years, and seven, six, seven and eight, and ten and eight—that mighty one.
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VaP 2 27.6
मिथिर्नाम महावीर्यो येनासौ मिथिलाभवत्। राजासौ जनको नाम जनकाच्चाप्युदावसुः तं गर्भं विधिनादिष्टा दश देव्यो दधुस्तदा। समेत्य धारयामासुर्न च ताः समशक्नुवन् वने चैत्ररथे रम्ये तथा मन्दाकिनीतटे। अलकायां विशालायां नन्दने च वनोत्तमे
mithirnāma mahāvīryo yenāsau mithilābhavat| rājāsau janako nāma janakāccāpyudāvasuḥ taṃ garbhaṃ vidhinādiṣṭā daśa devyo dadhustadā| sametya dhārayāmāsurna ca tāḥ samaśaknuvan vane caitrarathe ramye tathā mandākinītaṭe| alakāyāṃ viśālāyāṃ nandane ca vanottame
Mithi by name, of great valour, by whom that Mithilā came to be; that king named Janaka, and from Janaka, Udāvasu. — Then ten goddesses, appointed by the rule, bore that embryo; coming together they held it, yet they were not able. In the delightful Caitraratha wood, and on the bank of the Mandākinī, in Alakā, in Viśālā, and in Nandana, best of groves.
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VaP 2 27.7
उदावसोः सुधर्मात्मा जनितो नन्दिवर्द्धनः। नन्दिवर्द्धनतः शूरः सुकेतुर्नाम धार्मिकः स ताभ्यः सहसैवाथ दिग्भ्यो गर्भः प्रभान्वितः। यथावभासयंल्लोकाञ्झीतांशुः सर्वभावनः गन्धमादनपादेषु मेरुश्रृङ्गे नगोत्तमे। उत्तरांश्च कुरून् प्राप्य कलापग्राममेव च
udāvasoḥ sudharmātmā janito nandivarddhanaḥ| nandivarddhanataḥ śūraḥ suketurnāma dhārmikaḥ sa tābhyaḥ sahasaivātha digbhyo garbhaḥ prabhānvitaḥ| yathāvabhāsayaṃllokāñjhītāṃśuḥ sarvabhāvanaḥ gandhamādanapādeṣu meruśrṛṅge nagottame| uttarāṃśca kurūn prāpya kalāpagrāmameva ca
Of Udāvasu was born Nandivardhana, of righteous nature; from Nandivardhana came the hero named Suketu, devoted to dharma. — Then all at once, from the (four) quarters, that radiant embryo (fell) from them, like the cool-rayed one who brings all things into being, illumining the worlds; on the foothills of Gandhamādana, on the peak of Meru best of mountains, and having reached the Northern Kurus and the village of Kalāpa.
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VaP 2 27.8
सुकेतोरपि धर्मात्मा देवरातो महाबलः। देवरातस्य धर्मात्मा बृहदुच्छ इति श्रुतिः यदा न धारणे शक्तास्तस्य गर्भस्य ताः स्त्रियः। ततः स ताभिः शीतांशुर्निपपात वसुन्धराम् एतेषु वनसुख्येषु सुरैराचरितेषु च। उर्वश्या सहितो राजा रेमे परमया मुदा
suketorapi dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ| devarātasya dharmātmā bṛhaduccha iti śrutiḥ yadā na dhāraṇe śaktāstasya garbhasya tāḥ striyaḥ| tataḥ sa tābhiḥ śītāṃśurnipapāta vasundharām eteṣu vanasukhyeṣu surairācariteṣu ca| urvaśyā sahito rājā reme paramayā mudā
Of Suketu too (was born) Devarāta of righteous nature, of great strength; of Devarāta, the tradition says, (was born) Bṛhaduccha, of righteous nature. — When those women were not able to hold that embryo, then the cool-rayed one fell with them to the earth. In these forest delights, frequented by the gods, the king together with Urvaśī took his pleasure with the highest joy.
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VaP 2 27.9
बृहदुच्छस्य तनयो महावीर्यः प्रतापवान् । महावीर्यस्य धृतिमान् सुधृतिस्तस्य चात्मजः पतन्तं सोममालोक्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। रथमारोपयामास लोकानां हितकाम्यया ऋषय ऊचुः।। गन्धर्वा चोर्वशी देवी राजानं मानुषं कथम्। देवानुत्सृज्य सम्प्राप्ता तन्नो ब्रूहि बहुश्रुत
bṛhaducchasya tanayo mahāvīryaḥ pratāpavān | mahāvīryasya dhṛtimān sudhṛtistasya cātmajaḥ patantaṃ somamālokya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| rathamāropayāmāsa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| gandharvā corvaśī devī rājānaṃ mānuṣaṃ katham| devānutsṛjya samprāptā tanno brūhi bahuśruta
Bṛhaduccha's son was Mahāvīrya, full of majesty; of Mahāvīrya (was born) Dhṛtimān, and Sudhṛti was his son. — Seeing Soma falling, Brahmā the grandfather of the worlds set him upon a chariot, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds. — The seers said: How did the Gandharvas, and the goddess Urvaśī, forsaking the gods, come to a mortal king? Tell us that, O you of wide learning.
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VaP 2 27.10
सुधृतेरपि धर्मात्मा धृष्टकेतुः परन्तपः। धृष्टकेतु सुतश्चापि हर्यश्वो नाम विश्रुतः स हि देवमयो विप्रा धर्म्मार्थी सत्यसङ्गरः। युक्तो वाजिसहस्रेण सितेनेति हि नः श्रुतम् सूत उवाच।। ब्रह्मशापाभिभूता सा मानुषं समुपस्थिता। ऐलं तु तं वरारोहा समयेन व्यवस्थिता
sudhṛterapi dharmātmā dhṛṣṭaketuḥ parantapaḥ| dhṛṣṭaketu sutaścāpi haryaśvo nāma viśrutaḥ sa hi devamayo viprā dharmmārthī satyasaṅgaraḥ| yukto vājisahasreṇa siteneti hi naḥ śrutam sūta uvāca|| brahmaśāpābhibhūtā sā mānuṣaṃ samupasthitā| ailaṃ tu taṃ varārohā samayena vyavasthitā
Of Sudhṛti too (was born) Dhṛṣṭaketu of righteous nature, scorcher of foes; and Dhṛṣṭaketu's son was renowned by the name Haryaśva. — He indeed, O brahmins, was made of divine substance, seeking dharma, true to his engagements, yoked with a thousand white horses, so we have heard. — Sūta said: Overcome by Brahmā's curse, she came to a mortal; and that fair-hipped one settled with the son of Iḷā upon a compact.
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VaP 2 27.11
हर्यश्वस्य मरुः पुत्रो मरोः पुत्रः प्रतित्वकः। प्रतित्वकस्य धर्मात्मा राजा कीर्त्तिरथः सुतः तस्मिन्निपतिते देवाः पुत्रेऽत्रेः परमात्मनि। तुष्टुवुर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः मानसाः सप्त विश्रुताः आत्मनः शापमोक्षार्थं नियमं सा चकार तु । अनग्नदर्शनञ्चैव अकामात सह मैथुनम्
haryaśvasya maruḥ putro maroḥ putraḥ pratitvakaḥ| pratitvakasya dharmātmā rājā kīrttirathaḥ sutaḥ tasminnipatite devāḥ putre'treḥ paramātmani| tuṣṭuvurbrahmaṇaḥ putrāḥ mānasāḥ sapta viśrutāḥ ātmanaḥ śāpamokṣārthaṃ niyamaṃ sā cakāra tu | anagnadarśanañcaiva akāmāta saha maithunam
Haryaśva's son was Maru, and Maru's son was Pratitvaka; Pratitvaka's son was the righteous king Kīrtiratha. — When he, the son of Atri, the supreme self, had fallen, the gods praised him, and the seven famed mind-born sons of Brahmā. — And for the sake of her own release from the curse she made a stipulation: that she should not see him naked, and no intercourse against her wish.
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VaP 2 27.12
पुत्रः कीर्त्तिरथस्यापि देवमीढ इति श्रुतः । देवमीढस्य विबुधो विबुधस्य सुतो धृतिः तत्रैवाङ्गिरसस्तस्य भृगोश्चैवात्मजस्तथा। ऋग्भिर्यजुर्भिर्बहुभिरथर्वाङ्गिरसैरपि द्वौ मेषौ शयनाभ्याशे स तावद् व्यवतिष्ठते। घृतमात्रं तथाहारः कालमेकन्तु पार्थिव
putraḥ kīrttirathasyāpi devamīḍha iti śrutaḥ | devamīḍhasya vibudho vibudhasya suto dhṛtiḥ tatraivāṅgirasastasya bhṛgoścaivātmajastathā| ṛgbhiryajurbhirbahubhiratharvāṅgirasairapi dvau meṣau śayanābhyāśe sa tāvad vyavatiṣṭhate| ghṛtamātraṃ tathāhāraḥ kālamekantu pārthiva
Kīrtiratha's son too was known as Devamīḍha; of Devamīḍha (was born) Vibudha, and Vibudha's son was Dhṛti. — There too the son of Aṅgiras and likewise the son of Bhṛgu, with ṛc verses, with yajus formulas, and with many Atharva-Āṅgirasa hymns. — Two rams (are to be kept) beside her bed; so long will she stay; and her food is only ghee, for one span of time, O king.
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VaP 2 27.13
महाधृतिसुतो राजा कीर्त्तिराजः प्रतापवान् । कीर्त्ति राजात्मजो विद्वान् महारोमेति विश्रुतः ततः संस्तूयमानस्य तेजः सोमस्य भास्वतः। आप्यायमानं लोकांस्त्रीन् भावयामास सर्व्वशः यद्येष समयो राजन् यावत्कालञ्च ते दृढम्। तावत्कालन्तु वत्स्यामि एष नः समयः कृतः
mahādhṛtisuto rājā kīrttirājaḥ pratāpavān | kīrtti rājātmajo vidvān mahārometi viśrutaḥ tataḥ saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvataḥ| āpyāyamānaṃ lokāṃstrīn bhāvayāmāsa sarvvaśaḥ yadyeṣa samayo rājan yāvatkālañca te dṛḍham| tāvatkālantu vatsyāmi eṣa naḥ samayaḥ kṛtaḥ
Mahādhṛti's son was the majestic king Kīrtirāja; Kīrtirāja's son was the learned one widely known as Mahāroman. Then the radiance of shining Soma, being praised, swelling, nourished the three worlds in every way. "If this is the agreement, O king, and for however long it stands firm with you, for that long I shall dwell (here); this agreement has been made by us."
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VaP 2 27.14
महारोम्णस्तु विख्यातः स्वर्णरोमा व्यजायत। स्वर्णरोमात्मजश्चापि ह्रस्वरोमाभवनृपः समेन रथमुख्येन सागरान्तां वसुन्धराम्। त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो विपुल श्चकाराभिप्रदक्षिणम् तस्यास्तं समयं सर्वं स राजा पर्यपालयत्। एवं सा चावसत् तस्मिन् पुरूरवसि भामिनी
mahāromṇastu vikhyātaḥ svarṇaromā vyajāyata| svarṇaromātmajaścāpi hrasvaromābhavanṛpaḥ samena rathamukhyena sāgarāntāṃ vasundharām| triḥsaptakṛtvo vipula ścakārābhipradakṣiṇam tasyāstaṃ samayaṃ sarvaṃ sa rājā paryapālayat| evaṃ sā cāvasat tasmin purūravasi bhāminī
From Mahāroman was born the renowned Svarṇaroman; and Svarṇaroman's son was king Hrasvaroman. With a level, foremost chariot the mighty one made circumambulation of the earth bounded by the ocean thrice seven times. That king kept her whole agreement. Thus that lovely woman dwelt with Purūravas.
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VaP 2 27.15
ह्रस्वरोमात्मजो विद्वान् सीरध्वज इति श्रुतिः। उद्भिन्ना कृषता येन सीता राज्ञा यशस्विनी। रामस्य महिषी साध्वी सुव्रतातिपतिव्रता तस्य यच्चापि तत्तेजः पृथिवीमन्वपद्यत। ओषध्यस्ताः समुद्भूतास्तेजसा संज्वलन्त्युत वर्षाण्यथ चतुःषष्टिं तद्भक्त्या शापमोहिता। उर्वशी मानुषं प्राप्ता गन्धर्व्वा श्चिन्तयान्विताः
hrasvaromātmajo vidvān sīradhvaja iti śrutiḥ| udbhinnā kṛṣatā yena sītā rājñā yaśasvinī| rāmasya mahiṣī sādhvī suvratātipativratā tasya yaccāpi tattejaḥ pṛthivīmanvapadyata| oṣadhyastāḥ samudbhūtāstejasā saṃjvalantyuta varṣāṇyatha catuḥṣaṣṭiṃ tadbhaktyā śāpamohitā| urvaśī mānuṣaṃ prāptā gandharvvā ścintayānvitāḥ
Hrasvaroman's son was the learned one known as Sīradhvaja, by which glorious king, as he ploughed, Sītā came forth — the virtuous queen of Rāma, of good vows, utterly devoted to her husband. And that radiance of his which passed into the earth — from that radiance those herbs arose and indeed blaze. Then for sixty-four years, deluded by a curse through her devotion to him, Urvaśī attained the human state, and the Gandharvas were filled with anxiety.
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VaP 2 27.16
शांशपायन उवाच।। कथं सीता समुत्पन्ना कृष्यमाणा यशस्विनी। किमर्थञ्चाकृषद्राजा क्षेत्रं यस्मिन् बभूव ह ताभिर्धार्यत्ययं लोकान् प्रजाश्चापि चतुर्विधाः। पोष्टा हि भगवान् सोमो जगतो हि द्विजोत्तमाः गन्धर्व्वा ऊचुः। चिन्तयध्वं महाभागा यथा सा तु वराङ्गना। आगच्छेत्तु पुनर्द्देवानुर्वशी स्वर्गभूषणा
śāṃśapāyana uvāca|| kathaṃ sītā samutpannā kṛṣyamāṇā yaśasvinī| kimarthañcākṛṣadrājā kṣetraṃ yasmin babhūva ha tābhirdhāryatyayaṃ lokān prajāścāpi caturvidhāḥ| poṣṭā hi bhagavān somo jagato hi dvijottamāḥ gandharvvā ūcuḥ| cintayadhvaṃ mahābhāgā yathā sā tu varāṅganā| āgacchettu punarddevānurvaśī svargabhūṣaṇā
Śāṃśapāyana said: How was the glorious Sītā produced while (the ground) was being ploughed? And for what purpose did the king plough the field in which she came to be? By these he upholds the worlds and the fourfold creatures too; for the lord Soma is the nourisher of the world, O best of the twice-born. The Gandharvas said: Consider, greatly fortunate ones, how that excellent woman Urvaśī, the ornament of heaven, might come back to the gods.
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VaP 2 27.17
सूत उवाच।। अग्निक्षेत्रे कृष्यमाणे अश्वमेधे महात्मनः। विधिना सुप्रयुक्तेन तस्मात्सा तु समुत्थिता स लब्धतेजास्तपसा संस्तवैस्तैश्च कर्म्मभिः। तपस्तेपे महाभागः पझानां दशतीर्दश ततो विश्वावसुर्नाम तत्राह वदतां वरः। तया तु समयस्तत्र क्रियमाणो मतोऽनघः
sūta uvāca|| agnikṣetre kṛṣyamāṇe aśvamedhe mahātmanaḥ| vidhinā suprayuktena tasmātsā tu samutthitā sa labdhatejāstapasā saṃstavaistaiśca karmmabhiḥ| tapastepe mahābhāgaḥ pajhānāṃ daśatīrdaśa tato viśvāvasurnāma tatrāha vadatāṃ varaḥ| tayā tu samayastatra kriyamāṇo mato'naghaḥ
Sūta said: When the fire-field was being ploughed at the horse sacrifice of the great-souled one, with the rite properly applied, from that she arose. He, having obtained radiance by austerity and by those praises and rites, the greatly fortunate one practised austerity for ten times ten hundred (years?). Then one named Viśvāvasu, best of speakers, spoke there; and the agreement being made by her there was deemed faultless.
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VaP 2 27.18
सीरध्वजात्तु जातस्तु भानुमान्नाम मैथिलः। भ्राता कुशध्वजस्तस्य स काश्यधिपतिर्नृपः हिरण्यवर्णा या देव्यो धारयन्त्यात्मना जगत्। विभुस्तासाम्भवेत्सोमः प्रख्यातः स्वेन कर्म्मणा समयन्युत्क्रमात् सा वै राजानं त्यक्ष्यते यथा। तदहं वच्मि वः सर्वं यथा त्यक्ष्यति सा नृपम्
sīradhvajāttu jātastu bhānumānnāma maithilaḥ| bhrātā kuśadhvajastasya sa kāśyadhipatirnṛpaḥ hiraṇyavarṇā yā devyo dhārayantyātmanā jagat| vibhustāsāmbhavetsomaḥ prakhyātaḥ svena karmmaṇā samayanyutkramāt sā vai rājānaṃ tyakṣyate yathā| tadahaṃ vacmi vaḥ sarvaṃ yathā tyakṣyati sā nṛpam
From Sīradhvaja was born the Maithila named Bhānumān; his brother was Kuśadhvaja, that king who was lord of Kāśi. The golden-hued goddesses who uphold the world by themselves — Soma became their lord, renowned by his own deed. Since by transgression of the agreement she will indeed abandon the king, I tell you all of it, how she will abandon the king.
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VaP 2 27.19
तस्य भानुमतः पुत्रः प्रद्युम्नश्च प्रतापवान्। मुनिस्तस्य सुतश्चापि तस्मादूर्जवहः स्मृतः ततस्तस्मै ददौ राज्यं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः। बीजौषधिषु विप्राणामपाञ्च द्विजसत्तमाः सहसा योगमेष्यामि युष्माकं कार्यसिद्धये। एवमुक्त्वा गतस्तत्र प्रतिष्ठानं महायशाः
tasya bhānumataḥ putraḥ pradyumnaśca pratāpavān| munistasya sutaścāpi tasmādūrjavahaḥ smṛtaḥ tatastasmai dadau rājyaṃ brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ| bījauṣadhiṣu viprāṇāmapāñca dvijasattamāḥ sahasā yogameṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ kāryasiddhaye| evamuktvā gatastatra pratiṣṭhānaṃ mahāyaśāḥ
That Bhānumān's son was the majestic Pradyumna; his son was Muni, and from him Ūrjavaha is recorded. Then Brahmā, best of the knowers of brahman, gave him the sovereignty over the seeds and herbs of the brahmins and over the waters, O best of the twice-born. "I shall swiftly come into union (with you) for the accomplishment of your purpose." Having said this, the greatly famed one went there, to Pratiṣṭhāna.
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VaP 2 27.20
ऊर्जवहात् सुतद्वाजः शकुनिस्तस्य चात्मजः। स्वागतः शकुनेः पुत्रः सुवर्च्चास्तत्सुतः स्मृतः सोऽभिषिक्तो महातेजा महाराज्येन राजराट् । लोकानां भावयामास स्वभावात्तपतां वरः स निशायामथागम्य मेषमेकं जहार वै। मातृवद्वर्त्तते सा तु मेषयोश्चारुहासिनी
ūrjavahāt sutadvājaḥ śakunistasya cātmajaḥ| svāgataḥ śakuneḥ putraḥ suvarccāstatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ so'bhiṣikto mahātejā mahārājyena rājarāṭ | lokānāṃ bhāvayāmāsa svabhāvāttapatāṃ varaḥ sa niśāyāmathāgamya meṣamekaṃ jahāra vai| mātṛvadvarttate sā tu meṣayoścāruhāsinī
From Ūrjavaha (came) Sutadvāja, and his son was Śakuni; Śakuni's son was Svāgata, and his son is recorded as Suvarcas. He of great radiance was consecrated king of kings with a great kingdom; the best of the burning ones nourished the worlds by his very nature. Then, coming by night, he carried off one ram; but she of the lovely smile behaved toward the two rams as a mother.
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VaP 2 27.21
श्रुतो यस्तस्य दायादः सुश्रुतस्तस्य चात्मजः। सुश्रुतस्य जयः पुत्रो जयस्य विजयः सुतः सप्तविंशतिरिन्दोस्तु दाक्षायण्यो महाव्रताः। ददौ प्राचेतसो दक्षो नक्षत्राणीति या विदुः गन्धर्वागमनं ज्ञात्वा शयनस्था यशस्विनी। राजानमब्रवीत्सा तु पुत्रो मे ह्रियतेति वै
śruto yastasya dāyādaḥ suśrutastasya cātmajaḥ| suśrutasya jayaḥ putro jayasya vijayaḥ sutaḥ saptaviṃśatirindostu dākṣāyaṇyo mahāvratāḥ| dadau prācetaso dakṣo nakṣatrāṇīti yā viduḥ gandharvāgamanaṃ jñātvā śayanasthā yaśasvinī| rājānamabravītsā tu putro me hriyateti vai
His heir was Śruta, and his son was Suśruta; Suśruta's son was Jaya, and Jaya's son was Vijaya. The Moon had twenty-seven daughters of Dakṣa, of great vows; Dakṣa son of Pracetas gave them, and they are known as the lunar mansions. Knowing the coming of the Gandharvas, the glorious woman, lying on the bed, said to the king: "My son is being carried off!"
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VaP 2 27.22
विजयस्य ऋतः पुत्र ऋतस्य सुनयः स्मृतः। सुनयाद्वीतहव्यस्तु वीतहव्यात्मजो धृतिः स तत्प्राप्य महद्राजयं सोमः सोमवतां प्रभुः। समाजज्ञे राजसूयं सहस्रशतदक्षिणम् एवमुक्तो विनिश्चित्य नग्नस्तिष्ठति वै नृपः । नग्नं द्रक्ष्यति मां देवी समयो वितथो भवेत्
vijayasya ṛtaḥ putra ṛtasya sunayaḥ smṛtaḥ| sunayādvītahavyastu vītahavyātmajo dhṛtiḥ sa tatprāpya mahadrājayaṃ somaḥ somavatāṃ prabhuḥ| samājajñe rājasūyaṃ sahasraśatadakṣiṇam evamukto viniścitya nagnastiṣṭhati vai nṛpaḥ | nagnaṃ drakṣyati māṃ devī samayo vitatho bhavet
Vijaya's son was Ṛta, and Ṛta's son is recorded as Sunaya; from Sunaya (came) Vītahavya, and Vītahavya's son was Dhṛti. Having obtained that great kingship, Soma, lord of the possessors of soma, performed a Rājasūya with a hundred thousand as its fee. Addressed thus, the king, deliberating, stays put, naked (thinking): "The goddess will see me naked, and the agreement would be broken."
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VaP 2 27.23
धृतेस्तु बहुलाश्वोऽभूद्बहुलाश्वसुतः कृतिः। तस्मिन् सन्तिष्टते वंशो जनकानां महात्मनाम्। इत्येते मैथिलाः प्रोक्ताः सोमस्यापि निबोधत हिरण्यगर्भश्चोद्गाता ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मत्वमेयिवान्। सदस्यस्तत्र भगवान् हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैराद्यैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्वृतः ततो भूयस्तु गन्धर्व्वा द्वितीयं मेषमाददुः। द्वितीयेऽपहृते मेषे ऐलं देवी तमब्रवीत्
dhṛtestu bahulāśvo'bhūdbahulāśvasutaḥ kṛtiḥ| tasmin santiṣṭate vaṃśo janakānāṃ mahātmanām| ityete maithilāḥ proktāḥ somasyāpi nibodhata hiraṇyagarbhaścodgātā brahmā brahmatvameyivān| sadasyastatra bhagavān harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | sanatkumārapramukhairādyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ tato bhūyastu gandharvvā dvitīyaṃ meṣamādaduḥ| dvitīye'pahṛte meṣe ailaṃ devī tamabravīt
From Dhṛti came Bahulāśva, and Bahulāśva's son was Kṛti. With him the lineage of the great-souled Janakas comes to its end. Thus these Maithilas have been declared; now learn of Soma too. Hiraṇyagarbha was the udgātā, and Brahmā attained the office of brahman; the assembly-member there was the lord Bhagavān Hari Nārāyaṇa, surrounded by the primeval brahmarṣis headed by Sanatkumāra. Then the Gandharvas again took the second ram, and when the second ram was carried off the goddess spoke to him, the son of Iḷā.
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VaP 2 27.24
दक्षिणामददत्सोमस्त्रील्लोँकानिति नः श्रुतम्। तेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिमुख्येभ्यः सदस्येभ्यश्च वै द्विजाः पुत्रौ मम हृतौ राजन्ननाथाया इव प्रभो। एवमुक्तस्तदोत्थाय नग्नो राजा प्रधावितः
dakṣiṇāmadadatsomastrīllo~kāniti naḥ śrutam| tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyaśca vai dvijāḥ putrau mama hṛtau rājannanāthāyā iva prabho| evamuktastadotthāya nagno rājā pradhāvitaḥ
Soma gave the three worlds as the sacrificial fee — so we have heard — to those chief brahmarṣis and to the assembly-members, O twice-born. "My two sons have been carried off, O king, as though I had no protector, O lord!" Addressed thus, the king then rose and ran out naked.
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VaP 2 27.25
तं सिनी च कुहूश्चैव वपुः पुष्टिः प्रभावसुः। कीर्त्तिर्धृतिश्च लक्ष्मीश्च नव देव्यः सिषेविरे मेषाबभ्यां पदवीं राजन् गन्धर्व्वैर्व्युत्थितामथ। उत्पादिता तु महती माया तद्भवनं महत्
taṃ sinī ca kuhūścaiva vapuḥ puṣṭiḥ prabhāvasuḥ| kīrttirdhṛtiśca lakṣmīśca nava devyaḥ siṣevire meṣābabhyāṃ padavīṃ rājan gandharvvairvyutthitāmatha| utpāditā tu mahatī māyā tadbhavanaṃ mahat
Sinī and Kuhū, Vapus, Puṣṭi, Prabhā, Vasu, Kīrti, Dhṛti and Lakṣmī — nine goddesses waited upon him. (He followed) the track of the two rams, O king, made off with by the Gandharvas; but a great illusion was produced, that great dwelling.
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VaP 2 27.26
प्राप्यावभृथमव्यग्रः सर्व्वदेवर्षिपूजितः। अतिराजातिराजेन्द्रो दशधातापयद्दिशः प्रकाशितन्तु सहसा ततो नग्नमवेक्ष्य सा। नग्नं दृष्ट्वा तिरोऽभूत्सा अप्सरा कामरूपिणी
prāpyāvabhṛthamavyagraḥ sarvvadevarṣipūjitaḥ| atirājātirājendro daśadhātāpayaddiśaḥ prakāśitantu sahasā tato nagnamavekṣya sā| nagnaṃ dṛṣṭvā tiro'bhūtsā apsarā kāmarūpiṇī
Having reached the final ablution, undisturbed, honoured by all the gods and sages, the over-king, over-lord of kings, heated the ten directions. Then all at once it was lit up, and she, catching sight of him naked — having seen him naked, that apsaras who could take any form she wished vanished.
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VaP 2 27.27
तदा तत् प्राप्य दुष्प्रापमैश्वर्यमृषिसंस्तुतम्। स विभ्रममतिर्विप्रा विनये विनयो हतः तिरोभूतान्तु तां ज्ञात्वा गन्धर्वास्तत्र तावुभौ। मेषौ त्यक्त्वा च ते सर्वे तत्रैवान्तर्हिताभवन्
tadā tat prāpya duṣprāpamaiśvaryamṛṣisaṃstutam| sa vibhramamatirviprā vinaye vinayo hataḥ tirobhūtāntu tāṃ jñātvā gandharvāstatra tāvubhau| meṣau tyaktvā ca te sarve tatraivāntarhitābhavan
Then, having obtained that hard-won lordship extolled by the sages, his mind became unsteady, O brahmins; his discipline was destroyed in the very matter of discipline. Knowing that she had vanished, the two Gandharvas there — and all of them — abandoning the rams, became invisible on that very spot.
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VaP 2 27.28
बृहस्पतेः स वै भार्यान्तारां नाम यशस्विनीम्। जहार सहसा सर्व्वानवमत्याङ्गिरःसुतान् उत्सृष्टावुरणौ दृष्ट्वा राजा गृह्यागतः प्रभुः। अपश्यंस्तां तु वै राजा विललाप सुदुःखितः
bṛhaspateḥ sa vai bhāryāntārāṃ nāma yaśasvinīm| jahāra sahasā sarvvānavamatyāṅgiraḥsutān utsṛṣṭāvuraṇau dṛṣṭvā rājā gṛhyāgataḥ prabhuḥ| apaśyaṃstāṃ tu vai rājā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ
He suddenly carried off Bṛhaspati's glorious wife named Tārā, slighting all the sons of Aṅgiras. Seeing the rams let loose, the lordly king came home; but not seeing her, the king lamented, greatly grieved.
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VaP 2 27.29
स याच्यमानो देवैश्च तथा देवर्षिभिश्च ह। नैव व्यसर्जयत्तारां तस्मायाङ्गिरसे तदा चचार पृथिवीं चैव मार्गमाणस्ततस्ततः। अथापश्यच्च तां राजा कुरुक्षेत्रे महाबलः
sa yācyamāno devaiśca tathā devarṣibhiśca ha| naiva vyasarjayattārāṃ tasmāyāṅgirase tadā cacāra pṛthivīṃ caiva mārgamāṇastatastataḥ| athāpaśyacca tāṃ rājā kurukṣetre mahābalaḥ
Though entreated by the gods and likewise by the divine sages, he would not release Tārā to that son of Aṅgiras then. And he roamed the earth, searching here and there; then the mighty king saw her at Kurukṣetra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 27.30
उशनास्तस्य जग्राह पार्ष्णिमङ्गिरसो द्विजाः। स हि शिष्यो महातेजाः पितुः पूर्वं बृहस्पतेः प्लक्षतीर्थे पुष्करिण्यां विगाढेनाम्बुनाप्लुताम्। क्रीडन्तीमप्सरोभिश्च पञ्चभिः सह शोभनाम्
uśanāstasya jagrāha pārṣṇimaṅgiraso dvijāḥ| sa hi śiṣyo mahātejāḥ pituḥ pūrvaṃ bṛhaspateḥ plakṣatīrthe puṣkariṇyāṃ vigāḍhenāmbunāplutām| krīḍantīmapsarobhiśca pañcabhiḥ saha śobhanām
Uśanas took up the rear-guard against him, the son of Aṅgiras, O twice-born; for that one of great radiance had formerly been a pupil of his father Bṛhaspati. At the Plakṣa ford, in the lotus pond, plunged in deep water, playing, beautiful, together with five apsarases.
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VaP 2 27.31
तेन स्नेहेन भगवान् रुद्रस्तस्य बृहस्पतेः। पार्ष्णिग्राहोऽभवद्देवः प्रगृह्याजगवन्धनुः अपश्यत्सा ततः सुभ्रू राजानमविदूरतः। उर्वशी ताः सखीः प्राह अयं स पुरुषोत्तमः
tena snehena bhagavān rudrastasya bṛhaspateḥ| pārṣṇigrāho'bhavaddevaḥ pragṛhyājagavandhanuḥ apaśyatsā tataḥ subhrū rājānamavidūrataḥ| urvaśī tāḥ sakhīḥ prāha ayaṃ sa puruṣottamaḥ
Out of that affection the lord Rudra became the rear-guard of that Bṛhaspati, the god taking up the Ājagava bow. Then she of fair brows saw the king not far off; Urvaśī said to her friends: "This is that best of men."
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VaP 2 27.32
तेन ब्रह्मर्षिमुख्येभ्यः परमास्त्रं महात्मना। उद्दिश्य देवानुत्सृष्टं येनैषां नाशितं यशः यस्मिन्नहमवात्सं हि दर्शयामास तं नृपम् । तत आविर्बभूवुस्ताः पञ्चचूडाप्सरास्तु ताः
tena brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ paramāstraṃ mahātmanā| uddiśya devānutsṛṣṭaṃ yenaiṣāṃ nāśitaṃ yaśaḥ yasminnahamavātsaṃ hi darśayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam | tata āvirbabhūvustāḥ pañcacūḍāpsarāstu tāḥ
By that great-souled one the supreme weapon was released against the chief brahmarṣis, aimed at the gods, by which their glory was destroyed. She showed (them) that king with whom she had lived; then those Pañcacūḍā apsarases appeared.
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VaP 2 27.33
तत्र तद्युद्धमभवत् प्रत्यक्षन्तारकामयम्। देवानां दानवानाञ्च लोकक्षयकरं महत् दृष्ट्वा तु राजा तां प्रीतः प्रलापान् कुरुते बहून्। आयाहि तिष्ठ मनसा घोरे वचसि तिष्ठ हे
tatra tadyuddhamabhavat pratyakṣantārakāmayam| devānāṃ dānavānāñca lokakṣayakaraṃ mahat dṛṣṭvā tu rājā tāṃ prītaḥ pralāpān kurute bahūn| āyāhi tiṣṭha manasā ghore vacasi tiṣṭha he
There that battle took place, visibly like the Tāraka war — of the gods and the dānavas, great, bringing destruction upon the worlds. But the king, delighted at seeing her, utters many ravings: "Come! Stand fast in mind! Stand fast, you there, in dreadful speech!"
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VaP 2 27.34
तत्र शिष्टास्त्रयो देवास्तुषिताश्चैव ये स्मृताः। ब्रह्माणं शरणं जग्मुरादिदेवं पितामहम् एवमादीनि सूक्ष्माणि परस्परमभाषत। उर्व्वशी त्वब्रवीच्चैलं सगर्भाहं त्वया प्रभो
tatra śiṣṭāstrayo devāstuṣitāścaiva ye smṛtāḥ| brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurādidevaṃ pitāmaham evamādīni sūkṣmāṇi parasparamabhāṣata| urvvaśī tvabravīccailaṃ sagarbhāhaṃ tvayā prabho
There the three gods who remained, and those who are recalled as the Tuṣitas, went for refuge to Brahmā, the primal god, the grandfather. Such subtle matters they spoke of to one another. But Urvaśī said to Aila: "I am with child by you, lord."
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VaP 2 27.35
ततो निवार्योशनसं रुद्रं ज्येष्ठञ्च शङ्करम्। ददावाङ्गिरसे तारां स्वयमेव पितामहः संवत्सरात् कुमारस्ते भविता नव संशयः। निशामेकान्तु वै राजा ह्यवसत्तु तया सह
tato nivāryośanasaṃ rudraṃ jyeṣṭhañca śaṅkaram| dadāvāṅgirase tārāṃ svayameva pitāmahaḥ saṃvatsarāt kumāraste bhavitā nava saṃśayaḥ| niśāmekāntu vai rājā hyavasattu tayā saha
Then, having restrained Uśanas and Rudra and the elder Śaṅkara, the grandfather himself gave Tārā to Āṅgirasa (Bṛhaspati). "After a year a son will be yours; there is no doubt." But the king dwelt one single night with her.
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VaP 2 27.36
अन्तर्वत्नीं च तां दृष्ट्वा तारान्ताराधिपाननाम्। गर्भमुत्सृजसे न त्वं विप्रः प्राह बृहस्पतिः सम्प्रहृष्टो जगामाथ स्वपुरन्तु महायशाः। गते संवत्सरे राजा उर्व्वशीं पुनरागमत्
antarvatnīṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tārāntārādhipānanām| garbhamutsṛjase na tvaṃ vipraḥ prāha bṛhaspatiḥ samprahṛṣṭo jagāmātha svapurantu mahāyaśāḥ| gate saṃvatsare rājā urvvaśīṃ punarāgamat
And seeing her pregnant — Tārā, whose face was (like) the lord of stars — the brahmin Bṛhaspati said: "You do not release the embryo." Then, greatly delighted, the man of great fame went to his own city. When the year had passed the king came again to Urvaśī.
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VaP 2 27.37
मदीयायां तनौ योनौ गर्भो धार्यः कथञ्चन। अथो नावसृजत्तन्तु कुमारं दस्युहन्तमम् उषित्वा तु तया सार्द्धमेकरात्रं महामनाः। कामार्त्तश्चा ब्रवीद्दीनो भव नित्यं ममेति वै
madīyāyāṃ tanau yonau garbho dhāryaḥ kathañcana| atho nāvasṛjattantu kumāraṃ dasyuhantamam uṣitvā tu tayā sārddhamekarātraṃ mahāmanāḥ| kāmārttaścā bravīddīno bhava nityaṃ mameti vai
"The embryo must by no means be carried in my body, in my womb." And then she did not release the boy, the great destroyer of dasyus. Having dwelt with her one night, the high-minded one, tormented by desire and wretched, said: "Be mine forever."
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VaP 2 27.38
ईषिकास्तम्बमासाद्य ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम्। जातमात्रोऽथ भगवान् देवानामाक्षिपद्वपुः उर्व्वश्यथाब्रवीच्चैलं गन्धर्वास्ते वरं ददुः। तं वृणीष्व महाराज ब्रूहि चैतांस्त्वमेव हि
īṣikāstambamāsādya jvalantamiva pāvakam| jātamātro'tha bhagavān devānāmākṣipadvapuḥ urvvaśyathābravīccailaṃ gandharvāste varaṃ daduḥ| taṃ vṛṇīṣva mahārāja brūhi caitāṃstvameva hi
Having reached a clump of reeds, like a blazing fire — then, the moment he was born, the lord surpassed the bodily form of the gods. And Urvaśī said to Aila: "The gandharvas have granted you a boon; choose it, great king, and speak to them yourself."
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VaP 2 27.39
ततः संशयमापन्नास्तारामकथयन् सुराः। सत्यं ब्रूहि सुतः कस्य सोमस्याथ बृहस्पतेः वृणे नित्यं हि सालोक्यं गन्धर्वाणां महात्मनाम्। तथेत्युक्त्वा वरं वव्रे गन्धर्वाश्च तथास्त्विति
tataḥ saṃśayamāpannāstārāmakathayan surāḥ| satyaṃ brūhi sutaḥ kasya somasyātha bṛhaspateḥ vṛṇe nityaṃ hi sālokyaṃ gandharvāṇāṃ mahātmanām| tathetyuktvā varaṃ vavre gandharvāśca tathāstviti
Then the gods, fallen into doubt, said to Tārā: "Speak the truth: whose is the son — Soma's or Bṛhaspati's?" "I choose perpetual dwelling in the same world with the great-souled gandharvas." Saying "so be it," he chose the boon, and the gandharvas said, "let it be so."
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VaP 2 27.40
ह्रीयमाणा यदा देवान्नाह सा साध्वसाधु वा । तदा तां शप्तुमारब्धः कुमारो दस्युहन्तमः स्थालीमग्नेः पूरयित्वा गन्धर्व्वाश्च तमब्रुवन्। अनेन इष्ट्वा लोकन्तं प्राप्स्यसि त्वं नराधिप
hrīyamāṇā yadā devānnāha sā sādhvasādhu vā | tadā tāṃ śaptumārabdhaḥ kumāro dasyuhantamaḥ sthālīmagneḥ pūrayitvā gandharvvāśca tamabruvan| anena iṣṭvā lokantaṃ prāpsyasi tvaṃ narādhipa
When, put to shame before the gods, she said nothing either good or bad, then the boy, the great destroyer of dasyus, set about cursing her. And the gandharvas, having filled a pot with fire, said to him: "By sacrificing with this you will attain that world, O ruler of men."
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VaP 2 27.41
सन्निवार्य तदा ब्रह्मा तारां चन्द्रस्य संशयः। यदत्र तथ्यन्तद्ब्रूहि तारे कस्य सुतस्त्वयम् तमादाय कुमारन्तु नगरायोपचक्रमे। निःक्षिप्य तमरण्याञ्च स पुत्रन्तु गृहं ययौ
sannivārya tadā brahmā tārāṃ candrasya saṃśayaḥ| yadatra tathyantadbrūhi tāre kasya sutastvayam tamādāya kumārantu nagarāyopacakrame| niḥkṣipya tamaraṇyāñca sa putrantu gṛhaṃ yayau
Then Brahmā, restraining (them, said): "Tārā, the doubt concerns Candra; tell what is true in this matter, Tārā — whose son is this?" Taking the boy, he set out for the city; and having left him in the forest, he went home with his son.
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VaP 2 27.42
सा प्राञ्जलिरुवाचेदं ब्रह्माणं वरदं प्रभुम्। सोमस्येति महात्मानं कुमारन्दस्युहन्तमम् पुनरादाय दृश्याग्निमश्वत्थं तत्र दृष्टवान्। समीपतस्तु तं दृष्ट्वा ह्यश्वत्थं तत्र विस्मितः
sā prāñjaliruvācedaṃ brahmāṇaṃ varadaṃ prabhum| somasyeti mahātmānaṃ kumārandasyuhantamam punarādāya dṛśyāgnimaśvatthaṃ tatra dṛṣṭavān| samīpatastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā hyaśvatthaṃ tatra vismitaḥ
With palms joined she said this to Brahmā, the boon-granting lord: "He is Soma's" — (speaking of) the great-souled boy, the destroyer of dasyus. Taking (him/it) up again, seeing fire, he beheld an aśvattha tree there; and seeing that aśvattha close by, he was amazed.
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VaP 2 27.43
ततः स तमुपाघाय सोमो दाता प्रजापतिः। बुध इत्यकरोन्नाम तस्य पुत्रस्य धीमतः गन्धर्व्वेभ्यस्तथाख्यातुमग्निना गां गतस्तु सः । श्रुत्वा तमर्थमशिलमरणिं तु समादिशत्
tataḥ sa tamupāghāya somo dātā prajāpatiḥ| budha ityakaronnāma tasya putrasya dhīmataḥ gandharvvebhyastathākhyātumagninā gāṃ gatastu saḥ | śrutvā tamarthamaśilamaraṇiṃ tu samādiśat
Then Soma, the giver, the Prajāpati, having embraced him, made the name "Budha" for that wise son. And in order to report the matter to the gandharvas, he went to earth with the fire; having heard that matter, he directed (the making of) a fire-drill without stone.
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VaP 2 27.44
प्रतिपूर्व्वञ्च गमने समभ्युत्तिष्ठते बुधैः। उत्पादयामास तदा पुत्रं वै राजपुत्रिका अश्वत्थादरणिं कृत्वा मथित्वाग्निं यथाविधि। तेनेष्ट्वा तु सलोकं नः प्राप्स्यसि त्वं नराधिप। मथित्वाग्निं त्रिधा कृत्वा ह्ययजत्स नराधिपः
pratipūrvvañca gamane samabhyuttiṣṭhate budhaiḥ| utpādayāmāsa tadā putraṃ vai rājaputrikā aśvatthādaraṇiṃ kṛtvā mathitvāgniṃ yathāvidhi| teneṣṭvā tu salokaṃ naḥ prāpsyasi tvaṃ narādhipa| mathitvāgniṃ tridhā kṛtvā hyayajatsa narādhipaḥ
And at his coming they rise up before him in due order, together with the wise. Then indeed the king's daughter brought forth a son. Making a fire-drill from the aśvattha and churning fire according to rule — "by sacrificing with that you will attain our world, O ruler of men" — that ruler of men, having churned the fire and made it threefold, sacrificed.
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VaP 2 27.45
तस्य पुत्रो महातेजा बभूवैलः पुरूरवाः । उर्वश्यां जज्ञिरे तस्य पुत्राः षट् सुमहौजसः इष्ट्वा यज्ञैर्बहुविधैर्गतस्तेषां सलोकताम्। वासाय च स गन्धर्व्वस्त्रेतायां स महारथः। एकोऽग्निः पूर्वमासीद्वै ऐलस्त्रींस्तानकल्पयत्
tasya putro mahātejā babhūvailaḥ purūravāḥ | urvaśyāṃ jajñire tasya putrāḥ ṣaṭ sumahaujasaḥ iṣṭvā yajñairbahuvidhairgatasteṣāṃ salokatām| vāsāya ca sa gandharvvastretāyāṃ sa mahārathaḥ| eko'gniḥ pūrvamāsīdvai ailastrīṃstānakalpayat
His son was Aila Purūravas of great splendour. Six sons of very great might were born to him of Urvaśī. Having sacrificed with sacrifices of many kinds, he went to the same world as theirs, and to a dwelling as a gandharva — he, the great charioteer, in the Tretā (age). Formerly there was but one fire; Aila made those three.
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VaP 2 27.46
प्रसह्य धर्षितस्तत्र विवशो राजयक्ष्मणा । ततो यक्ष्माभिभूतस्तु सोमः प्रक्षीणमण्डलः । जगाम शरणायाथ पितरं सोऽत्रिमेव तु एवंप्रभावो राजासीदैलस्तु द्विजसत्तमाः। देशे पुण्यतमे चैव महर्षिभिरलंकृते
prasahya dharṣitastatra vivaśo rājayakṣmaṇā | tato yakṣmābhibhūtastu somaḥ prakṣīṇamaṇḍalaḥ | jagāma śaraṇāyātha pitaraṃ so'trimeva tu evaṃprabhāvo rājāsīdailastu dvijasattamāḥ| deśe puṇyatame caiva maharṣibhiralaṃkṛte
Overpowered and violated there, made helpless by the royal consumption — then Soma, overcome by the consumption, his disk wasted away, went for refuge to his father, to Atri himself. Of such power was king Aila, O best of the twice-born, in a most holy land adorned with great sages.
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VaP 2 27.47
तस्य तत्पापशमनं चकारात्रिर्महायशाः। स राजयक्ष्मणा मुक्तः श्रिया जज्वाल सर्व्वशः राज्यं स कारयामास प्रयागे पृथिवी पतिः। उत्तरे यामुने तीरे प्रतिष्ठाने महायशाः
tasya tatpāpaśamanaṃ cakārātrirmahāyaśāḥ| sa rājayakṣmaṇā muktaḥ śriyā jajvāla sarvvaśaḥ rājyaṃ sa kārayāmāsa prayāge pṛthivī patiḥ| uttare yāmune tīre pratiṣṭhāne mahāyaśāḥ
Atri of great fame performed for him that removal of the evil; freed from the royal consumption, he blazed with splendour in every way. That greatly famed lord of the earth had his kingship exercised at Prayāga, at Pratiṣṭhāna, on the northern bank of the Yamunā.
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VaP 2 27.48
एतत्सोमस्य वै जन्म कीर्त्तितं द्विजसत्तमाः। वंशन्तस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठाः कीर्त्यमानं निबोधत तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि षडिन्द्रोपमतेजसः। गन्धर्व्वलोके विदिता आयुर्द्धीमानमावसुः
etatsomasya vai janma kīrttitaṃ dvijasattamāḥ| vaṃśantasya dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhata tasya putrā babhūvurhi ṣaḍindropamatejasaḥ| gandharvvaloke viditā āyurddhīmānamāvasuḥ
This is the birth of Soma, proclaimed, O best of the twice-born; now learn his lineage as it is recited, O foremost of the twice-born. He had six sons whose splendour was like Indra's, known in the world of the gandharvas: Āyu, Dhīmān, Amāvasu...
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VaP 2 27.49
धन्यमारोग्यमायुष्यं पुण्यं कल्मषशोधनम्। सोमस्य जन्म श्रुत्वैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते विश्वायुश्च शतायुश्च गतायुश्चोर्वशीसुताः। अमावसोस्तु वै जातो भीमो राजाथ विश्वजित्
dhanyamārogyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ kalmaṣaśodhanam| somasya janma śrutvaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate viśvāyuśca śatāyuśca gatāyuścorvaśīsutāḥ| amāvasostu vai jāto bhīmo rājātha viśvajit
It brings wealth, health and long life, it is meritorious, it cleanses stain: merely by hearing the birth of Soma one is released from all sins. Viśvāyu, Śatāyu and Gatāyu were the sons of Urvaśī; and of Amāvasu was born king Bhīma, and then Viśvajit.
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VaP 2 27.50
श्रीमान् भीमस्य दायादो राजासीत्काञ्चनप्रभः। विद्वांस्तु काञ्चनस्यापि सुहोत्रोऽभून्महाबलः
śrīmān bhīmasya dāyādo rājāsītkāñcanaprabhaḥ| vidvāṃstu kāñcanasyāpi suhotro'bhūnmahābalaḥ
Bhīma's heir was the illustrious king Kāñcanaprabha; and of Kāñcana too was born the learned Suhotra, of great strength.
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VaP 2 27.51
सुहोत्रस्याभज्जह्नुः केशिकागर्भसम्भवः। प्रतिगत्य ततो गङ्गा विततो यज्ञकर्म्मणि
suhotrasyābhajjahnuḥ keśikāgarbhasambhavaḥ| pratigatya tato gaṅgā vitato yajñakarmmaṇi
Suhotra's (son) was Jahnu, born from the womb of Keśikā. Then the Gaṅgā, having come up, spread out over the sacrificial rite.
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VaP 2 27.52
प्लावयामास तं देशं भाविनोऽर्थस्य दर्शनात्। गङ्गया प्लावितं दृष्ट्वा यज्ञवाटं समन्ततः
plāvayāmāsa taṃ deśaṃ bhāvino'rthasya darśanāt| gaṅgayā plāvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā yajñavāṭaṃ samantataḥ
She flooded that region, because she foresaw a thing that was to be. Seeing the sacrificial enclosure flooded all around by the Gaṅgā...
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VaP 2 27.53
सौहोत्रिर्वरदः क्रुद्धो गङ्गां संरक्तलोचनः। अस्य गङ्गेऽवलेपस्य सद्यः फलमवाप्नुहि
sauhotrirvaradaḥ kruddho gaṅgāṃ saṃraktalocanaḥ| asya gaṅge'valepasya sadyaḥ phalamavāpnuhi
Sauhotri Varada, enraged, his eyes turned red (with anger, said) to Gaṅgā: "O Gaṅgā, receive at once the fruit of this insolence of yours!"
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VaP 2 27.54
एतत्ते विफलं सर्व्वं पीतमम्भः करोम्यहम्। राजर्षिणा ततः पीतां गङ्गां दृष्ट्वा सुरर्षयः
etatte viphalaṃ sarvvaṃ pītamambhaḥ karomyaham| rājarṣiṇā tataḥ pītāṃ gaṅgāṃ dṛṣṭvā surarṣayaḥ
"All this water of yours that I drink I make fruitless." Then, seeing Gaṅgā drunk up by the royal sage, the sages of the gods —
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VaP 2 27.55
उपनिन्युर्महाभागा दुहितृत्वेन जाह्नवीम्। यौवनाश्वस्य पौत्रीन्तु कावेरीञ्जह्नुरावहत्
upaninyurmahābhāgā duhitṛtvena jāhnavīm| yauvanāśvasya pautrīntu kāverīñjahnurāvahat
— the greatly blessed ones brought the Jāhnavī (to Jahnu) as his daughter; and Jahnu took to wife Kāverī, the granddaughter of Yuvanāśva.
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VaP 2 27.56
युवनाश्वस्य शापेन गङ्गा येन विनिर्ममे । कावेरीं सरितां श्रेष्ठां जह्नुभार्य्यामनिन्दिताम्
yuvanāśvasya śāpena gaṅgā yena vinirmame | kāverīṃ saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ jahnubhāryyāmaninditām
By the curse of Yuvanāśva, Gaṅgā was fashioned by him (as?) Kāverī, best of rivers, the blameless wife of Jahnu.
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VaP 2 27.57
जह्नुश्च दयितं पुत्रं सुहोत्रं नाम धार्मिकम्। कावेर्य्यां जनयामास अजकस्तस्य चात्मजः
jahnuśca dayitaṃ putraṃ suhotraṃ nāma dhārmikam| kāveryyāṃ janayāmāsa ajakastasya cātmajaḥ
And Jahnu begot on Kāverī a beloved son, righteous, Suhotra by name; and Ajaka was his son.
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VaP 2 27.58
अजकस्य तु दायादो बलाकाश्वो महायशाः। बभूवुश्च गयः शीलः कुशस्तस्यात्मजः स्मृतः
ajakasya tu dāyādo balākāśvo mahāyaśāḥ| babhūvuśca gayaḥ śīlaḥ kuśastasyātmajaḥ smṛtaḥ
Ajaka's heir was Balākāśva of great renown; and there were (also) Gaya and Śīla; Kuśa is recorded as his son.
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VaP 2 27.59
कुशपुत्रा बभूवुश्च चत्वारो वेदवर्चसः। कुशाश्वः कुशनाभश्च अमूर्त्तारयशोवसुः
kuśaputrā babhūvuśca catvāro vedavarcasaḥ| kuśāśvaḥ kuśanābhaśca amūrttārayaśovasuḥ
And Kuśa's sons were four, brilliant with the Veda: Kuśāśva, Kuśanābha, Amūrtāraya and Yaśovasu.
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VaP 2 27.60
कुशस्तम्बस्तपस्तेपे पुत्रार्थी राजसत्तमः। पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे वै शतक्रतुमपश्यत
kuśastambastapastepe putrārthī rājasattamaḥ| pūrṇe varṣasahasre vai śatakratumapaśyata
Kuśastamba, best of kings, desiring a son, performed austerity; and when a full thousand years had passed he beheld Śatakratu (Indra).
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VaP 2 27.61
तमुग्रतपसं दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षः पुरन्दरः। समर्थः पुत्रजनने स्वयमेवास्य शाश्वतः
tamugratapasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaḥ purandaraḥ| samarthaḥ putrajanane svayamevāsya śāśvataḥ
Seeing him engaged in fierce austerity, thousand-eyed Purandara, himself competent in the begetting of a son, the everlasting one, (for him) —
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VaP 2 27.62
पुत्रत्वं कल्पयामास स्वयमेव पुरन्दरः। गाधिर्नामाभवत्पुत्रः कौशिकः पाकशासनः
putratvaṃ kalpayāmāsa svayameva purandaraḥ| gādhirnāmābhavatputraḥ kauśikaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
— Purandara himself arranged for (his own) sonship; the son born was named Gādhi, Kauśika, (that is, Indra) the chastiser of Pāka.
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VaP 2 27.63
पौरुकुत्साभवद्भार्या गाधिस्तस्यामजायत। पूर्व्वं कन्यां महाभागां नाम्ना सत्यवतीं शुभाम्। तां गाधिपुत्रः काव्याय ऋचीकाय ददौ प्रभुः
paurukutsābhavadbhāryā gādhistasyāmajāyata| pūrvvaṃ kanyāṃ mahābhāgāṃ nāmnā satyavatīṃ śubhām| tāṃ gādhiputraḥ kāvyāya ṛcīkāya dadau prabhuḥ
Paurukutsā was (his) wife, and Gādhi was born of her; earlier (was born) a daughter, greatly blessed, auspicious, Satyavatī by name; her the mighty son of Gādhi gave to Kāvya Ṛcīka.
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VaP 2 27.64
तस्यां पुत्रस्तु वै भर्त्ता भार्गवो भृगुनन्दनः। पुत्रार्थे साधयामास चरुं गाधेस्तथैव च
tasyāṃ putrastu vai bharttā bhārgavo bhṛgunandanaḥ| putrārthe sādhayāmāsa caruṃ gādhestathaiva ca
Her husband, the Bhārgava, delight of Bhṛgu, prepared a caru (oblation-porridge) for the sake of a son in her, and likewise one for Gādhi.
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VaP 2 27.65
तथा चाहूय सुधृतिऋचीको भार्गवस्तदा। उपयोज्यश्चरुरयं त्वया मात्रा च तेशुभे
tathā cāhūya sudhṛtiṛcīko bhārgavastadā| upayojyaścarurayaṃ tvayā mātrā ca teśubhe
And then, having summoned (her), Ṛcīka the Bhārgava, of good resolve, (said): "This caru is to be consumed by you, and (that one) by your mother, O fair lady."
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VaP 2 27.66
तस्यां जनिष्यते पुत्रो दीप्तिमान् क्षत्रियर्षभः। अजेयः क्षत्रियैर्युद्धे क्षत्रियर्षभसूदनः
tasyāṃ janiṣyate putro dīptimān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ| ajeyaḥ kṣatriyairyuddhe kṣatriyarṣabhasūdanaḥ
"Of her will be born a son, blazing, a bull among kṣatriyas, unconquerable by kṣatriyas in battle, a slayer of the bulls among kṣatriyas."
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VaP 2 27.67
तवापि पुत्रं कल्याणि धृतिन्तं तपोधनम्। शमात्मकं द्विजश्रेष्ठं चरुरेष विधास्यति
tavāpi putraṃ kalyāṇi dhṛtintaṃ tapodhanam| śamātmakaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ carureṣa vidhāsyati
"And for you too, O blessed lady, this caru will bring about a son, steadfast, rich in austerity, peaceful in nature, best of the twice-born."
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VaP 2 27.68
एवमुक्त्वा तु तां भार्य्यामृचीको भृगुनन्दनः। तपस्याभिरतो नित्यमरण्यं प्रविवेश ह
evamuktvā tu tāṃ bhāryyāmṛcīko bhṛgunandanaḥ| tapasyābhirato nityamaraṇyaṃ praviveśa ha
Having spoken thus to his wife, Ṛcīka, delight of Bhṛgu, ever devoted to austerity, entered the forest.
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VaP 2 27.69
गाधिः सदारस्तु तदा ऋचीकाश्रममभ्यगात्। तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन सुतां द्रष्टुं नरेश्वरः
gādhiḥ sadārastu tadā ṛcīkāśramamabhyagāt| tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena sutāṃ draṣṭuṃ nareśvaraḥ
Then Gādhi, together with his wife, came to Ṛcīka's hermitage, the lord of men (coming) to see his daughter in the course of a pilgrimage to holy places.
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VaP 2 27.70
चरुद्वयं गृहीत्वा तु ऋषेः सत्यवती सदा। भर्त्तुर्वचनमव्यग्रा हृष्टा मात्रे न्यवेदयत्
carudvayaṃ gṛhītvā tu ṛṣeḥ satyavatī sadā| bhartturvacanamavyagrā hṛṣṭā mātre nyavedayat
Taking the two carus, Satyavatī, unflustered and glad, reported her husband's words to her mother.
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VaP 2 27.71
माता तु तस्यै दैवेन दुहित्रे स्वं चरुं ददौ । तस्याश्चरुमथाज्ञानादात्मनः सा चकार ह
mātā tu tasyai daivena duhitre svaṃ caruṃ dadau | tasyāścarumathājñānādātmanaḥ sā cakāra ha
But the mother, by (the working of) fate, gave her own caru to the daughter, and out of ignorance made her (daughter's) caru her own.
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VaP 2 27.72
अथ सत्यवती गर्भं क्षत्रियान्तकरं शुभम्। धारयामास दीप्तेन वपुषा घोरदर्शना
atha satyavatī garbhaṃ kṣatriyāntakaraṃ śubham| dhārayāmāsa dīptena vapuṣā ghoradarśanā
Then Satyavatī bore the auspicious embryo that was to make an end of the kṣatriyas, terrible to behold with its blazing form.
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VaP 2 27.73
तमृचीकस्ततो दृष्ट्वा योगेनाप्यनुमृश्य च। तदाब्रवीद्द्विजश्रेष्ठः स्वां भार्य्यां वरवर्णिनीम्
tamṛcīkastato dṛṣṭvā yogenāpyanumṛśya ca| tadābravīddvijaśreṣṭhaḥ svāṃ bhāryyāṃ varavarṇinīm
Then Ṛcīka, having seen that and having also examined (it) by yoga, that best of twice-born then spoke to his own wife of fair complexion:
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VaP 2 27.74
मातुः सिद्ध्यति ते भद्रे चरुव्यत्यासहेतुना। जनिष्यति हि पुत्रस्ते क्रूरकर्मातिदारुणः
mātuḥ siddhyati te bhadre caruvyatyāsahetunā| janiṣyati hi putraste krūrakarmātidāruṇaḥ
"By reason of the exchange of the porridges, (what was meant) for your mother is accomplished (in you), good lady; for a son will be born to you, of cruel deeds and exceedingly terrible.
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VaP 2 27.75
माता जनिष्यते वापि तथाभूतं तपोधनम् । विश्वं हि ब्रह्म तपसा मया तत्र समर्पितम्
mātā janiṣyate vāpi tathābhūtaṃ tapodhanam | viśvaṃ hi brahma tapasā mayā tatra samarpitam
And your mother will give birth to one who is likewise, rich in austerity; for the whole brahman was by me placed there through austerity."
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VaP 2 27.76
एवमुक्ता महाभागा भर्त्रा सत्यवती तदा। प्रसादयामास पतिं सुतो मे नेदृशो भवेत्। ब्राह्मणापसदस्त्वन्य इत्युक्तो मुनिरब्रवीत्
evamuktā mahābhāgā bhartrā satyavatī tadā| prasādayāmāsa patiṃ suto me nedṛśo bhavet| brāhmaṇāpasadastvanya ityukto munirabravīt
Thus addressed by her husband, the greatly fortunate Satyavatī then propitiated her lord: "Let my son not be of such a kind — rather let some other be the outcast among brahmins"; thus addressed, the sage said:
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VaP 2 27.77
नैष सङ्कल्पितः कामो मया भद्रे तथा त्वया । उग्रकर्मा भवेत् पुत्रः पितुर्मातुश्च कारणात्
naiṣa saṅkalpitaḥ kāmo mayā bhadre tathā tvayā | ugrakarmā bhavet putraḥ piturmātuśca kāraṇāt
"This desire was not so intended by me, good lady, nor by you; (yet) the son will be of fierce deeds, because of the father and the mother."
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VaP 2 27.78
पुनः सत्यवती वाक्यमेवमुक्ताब्रवीदिदम्। इच्छँल्लोकानपि मुने सृजेथाः किं पुनः सुतम्
punaḥ satyavatī vākyamevamuktābravīdidam| iccha~llokānapi mune sṛjethāḥ kiṃ punaḥ sutam
Thus addressed, Satyavatī again spoke this speech: "If you wish, sage, you could create even worlds — how much more a son!
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VaP 2 27.79
शमात्मकमृजुं भर्त्तः पुत्रं मे दातुमर्हसि। काममेवंविधः पुत्रो मम स्यात्तु वद प्रभो
śamātmakamṛjuṃ bharttaḥ putraṃ me dātumarhasi| kāmamevaṃvidhaḥ putro mama syāttu vada prabho
Husband, you ought to give me a son who is peaceful in nature and upright. Let my son be indeed of such a kind — but say (if it can be so), lord."
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VaP 2 27.80
मय्यन्यथा न शक्यं वै कर्तुमेव द्विजोत्तम। ततः प्रसादमकरोत् स तस्यास्तपसो बलात्
mayyanyathā na śakyaṃ vai kartumeva dvijottama| tataḥ prasādamakarot sa tasyāstapaso balāt
"Truly it cannot be done otherwise by me, best of the twice-born (women?)" — then he granted (her) favour by the power of her austerity.
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VaP 2 27.81
पुत्रे नास्ति विशेषो मे पौत्रे वा वरवर्णिनि। त्वया यथोक्तं वचनं तथा भद्रे भविष्यति
putre nāsti viśeṣo me pautre vā varavarṇini| tvayā yathoktaṃ vacanaṃ tathā bhadre bhaviṣyati
"There is no difference for me between a son and a grandson, fair-complexioned one; the word spoken by you shall come to pass so, good lady."
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VaP 2 27.82
तस्मात् सत्यवती पुत्रं जनयामास भार्गवम्। तपस्यभिरतन्दान्तं जमदग्निः शमात्मकम्
tasmāt satyavatī putraṃ janayāmāsa bhārgavam| tapasyabhiratandāntaṃ jamadagniḥ śamātmakam
Therefore Satyavatī bore a son, the Bhārgava Jamadagni, devoted to austerity, untiring, peaceful in nature.
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VaP 2 27.83
भृगोश्चरुविपर्यासे रौद्रवैष्णवयोः पुरा। यमनाद्वैष्णवस्याग्नेर्जमदग्निरजायत
bhṛgoścaruviparyāse raudravaiṣṇavayoḥ purā| yamanādvaiṣṇavasyāgnerjamadagnirajāyata
Formerly, in Bhṛgu's exchange of the two porridges, the Rudraic and the Vaiṣṇava, Jamadagni was born from the restraining (or: from the yamana) of the Vaiṣṇava fire.
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VaP 2 27.84
विश्वामित्रं तु दायादं गाधिः कुशिकनन्दनः। प्राप्य ब्रह्मर्षिसहितो (सविता) जगाम ब्रह्मणावृतः
viśvāmitraṃ tu dāyādaṃ gādhiḥ kuśikanandanaḥ| prāpya brahmarṣisahito (savitā) jagāma brahmaṇāvṛtaḥ
But Gādhi, the son of Kuśika, having obtained Viśvāmitra as heir, went, accompanied by brahmin sages and surrounded by brahman, (to the Sun? — savitā, reading uncertain).
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VaP 2 27.85
सा हि सत्यवती पुण्या सत्यव्रतपरायणा। कौशिकीति समाख्याता प्रवृत्तेयं महानदी
sā hi satyavatī puṇyā satyavrataparāyaṇā| kauśikīti samākhyātā pravṛtteyaṃ mahānadī
For that Satyavatī, meritorious, wholly devoted to the vow of truth, is known as Kauśikī; she flowed forth as this great river.
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VaP 2 27.86
परिस्रुता महाभागा कौशिकी सरितां वरा। इक्ष्वाकुवंशे त्वभवत्सुवेणुर्नाम पार्थिवः
parisrutā mahābhāgā kauśikī saritāṃ varā| ikṣvākuvaṃśe tvabhavatsuveṇurnāma pārthivaḥ
The greatly fortunate Kauśikī, best of rivers, flowed all around. And in the Ikṣvāku line there was a king named Suveṇu.
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VaP 2 27.87
तस्य कन्या महाभागा कामली नाम रेणुका। रेणु कायान्तु कामल्यां तपोधृतिसमन्वितः। आर्चीको जनयामास जमदग्निः सुदारुणम्
tasya kanyā mahābhāgā kāmalī nāma reṇukā| reṇu kāyāntu kāmalyāṃ tapodhṛtisamanvitaḥ| ārcīko janayāmāsa jamadagniḥ sudāruṇam
His daughter, greatly fortunate, was Reṇukā, named Kāmalī. Upon Kāmalī, that is, Reṇukā, Jamadagni, son of Ṛcīka, endowed with austerity and firmness, begot a most terrible (son):
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VaP 2 27.88
सर्वविद्यान्तगं श्रेष्ठं धनुर्वेदस्य पारगम्। रामं क्षत्रिय हन्तारं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम्
sarvavidyāntagaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanurvedasya pāragam| rāmaṃ kṣatriya hantāraṃ pradīptamiva pāvakam
Rāma, who reached the end of all branches of knowledge, foremost, who had mastered the science of archery, the slayer of kṣatriyas, like a blazing fire.
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VaP 2 27.89
और्व्वस्यैवमृचीकस्य सत्यवत्यां महामनाः। जमदग्निस्ततो वीर्य्याज्जज्ञे ब्रह्मविदां वरः। मध्यमश्च शुनःशेफः शुनःपुच्छः कनिष्ठकः
aurvvasyaivamṛcīkasya satyavatyāṃ mahāmanāḥ| jamadagnistato vīryyājjajñe brahmavidāṃ varaḥ| madhyamaśca śunaḥśephaḥ śunaḥpucchaḥ kaniṣṭhakaḥ
Thus, from the potency of Ṛcīka, Aurva's son, in Satyavatī was born the great-minded Jamadagni, best of the knowers of brahman; and the middle one was Śunaḥśepha, and Śunaḥpuccha the youngest.
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VaP 2 27.90
विश्वामित्रस्तु धर्मात्मा नाम्ना विश्वरथः स्मृतः । जज्ञे भृगुप्रसादेन कौशिकाद्वंशवर्द्धनः
viśvāmitrastu dharmātmā nāmnā viśvarathaḥ smṛtaḥ | jajñe bhṛguprasādena kauśikādvaṃśavarddhanaḥ
But Viśvāmitra, whose nature was dharma, is remembered by the name Viśvaratha; by Bhṛgu's favour he was born from Kuśika's son, an increaser of the line.
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VaP 2 27.91
विश्वामित्रस्य पुत्रस्तु शुनःशेफोऽभवन्मुनिः। हरिश्चन्द्रस्य यज्ञे तु पशुत्वे नियुतः सवै। देवैर्दत्तः स वै यस्माद्देवरातस्ततोऽभवत्
viśvāmitrasya putrastu śunaḥśepho'bhavanmuniḥ| hariścandrasya yajñe tu paśutve niyutaḥ savai| devairdattaḥ sa vai yasmāddevarātastato'bhavat
Viśvāmitra's son was the sage Śunaḥśepha; he was appointed to the state of a sacrificial victim at Hariścandra's sacrifice; and because he was given by the gods, he thereupon became Devarāta.
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VaP 2 27.92
विश्वामित्रस्य पुत्राणां शुनः शेफोऽग्रजः स्मृतः। मधुच्छन्दो नयश्चैव कृतदेवौ ध्रुवाष्टकौ
viśvāmitrasya putrāṇāṃ śunaḥ śepho'grajaḥ smṛtaḥ| madhucchando nayaścaiva kṛtadevau dhruvāṣṭakau
Among Viśvāmitra's sons Śunaḥśepha is remembered as the eldest; (then) Madhucchanda, and Naya, Kṛta and Deva, and the Dhruvāṣṭakas.
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VaP 2 27.93
कच्छपः पूरणश्चैव विश्वामित्रसुतास्तु वै। तेषां गोत्राणि बहुधा कौशिकानां महात्मनाम्
kacchapaḥ pūraṇaścaiva viśvāmitrasutāstu vai| teṣāṃ gotrāṇi bahudhā kauśikānāṃ mahātmanām
Kacchapa and Pūraṇa too—these indeed are sons of Viśvāmitra. Of them, the lineages (gotras) of the great-souled Kauśikas are many:
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VaP 2 27.94
पार्थिवा देवराताश्च याज्ञवल्क्या समर्षणाः । उदुम्बरा उदुम्लानास्तारका यममुञ्चताः
pārthivā devarātāśca yājñavalkyā samarṣaṇāḥ | udumbarā udumlānāstārakā yamamuñcatāḥ
the Pārthivas, the Devarātas, the Yājñavalkyas, the Samarṣaṇas, the Udumbaras, the Udumlānas, the Tārakas, the Yamamuñcatas,
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VaP 2 27.95
लोहिण्यो रेणवश्चैव तथा कारीषवः स्मृताः। बभ्रवः पाणिनश्चैव ध्यावजप्यास्तथैव च
lohiṇyo reṇavaścaiva tathā kārīṣavaḥ smṛtāḥ| babhravaḥ pāṇinaścaiva dhyāvajapyāstathaiva ca
the Lohiṇis, the Reṇus, and likewise the Kārīṣavas are recorded, the Babhrus, the Pāṇinas, and likewise the Dhyāvajapyas,
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VaP 2 27.96
शालावत्या हिरण्याक्षाः स्यङ्कृता गालवाः स्मृताः । देवला यामदूताश्च शालङ्कायनबाष्कलाः
śālāvatyā hiraṇyākṣāḥ syaṅkṛtā gālavāḥ smṛtāḥ | devalā yāmadūtāśca śālaṅkāyanabāṣkalāḥ
the Śālāvatyas, the Hiraṇyākṣas, the Syaṅkṛtas, the Gālavas are recorded, the Devalas, the Yāmadūtas, the Śālaṅkāyanas and Bāṣkalas,
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VaP 2 27.97
ददाति बादराश्चान्ये विश्वामित्रस्य धीमतः। ऋष्यन्तरविवाङ्यास्ते बहवः शौशिकाः स्मृताः
dadāti bādarāścānye viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ| ṛṣyantaravivāṅyāste bahavaḥ śauśikāḥ smṛtāḥ
...and the others, the Bādaras, of wise Viśvāmitra; these many Kauśikas are recorded, (permitted) intermarriage among (the various) seers.
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VaP 2 27.98
कौशिकासोश्रुमाश्चैव तथान्ये सैधवायनाः। पौरोरवस्य पुण्यस्य ब्रह्मर्षेः कौशिकस्य तु
kauśikāsośrumāścaiva tathānye saidhavāyanāḥ| pauroravasya puṇyasya brahmarṣeḥ kauśikasya tu
the Kauśikas, the Uśrumas, and likewise others, the Saidhavāyanas—(these) of Paurorava, of the meritorious brahmin-seer Kauśika.
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VaP 2 27.99
दृषद्वतीसुतश्चापि विश्वामित्रात्तथाष्टकः। अष्टकस्य सुतो यो हि प्रोक्तो जह्नुगणोमया
dṛṣadvatīsutaścāpi viśvāmitrāttathāṣṭakaḥ| aṣṭakasya suto yo hi prokto jahnugaṇomayā
And also the son of Dṛṣadvatī, and from Viśvāmitra likewise Aṣṭaka; the son who was Aṣṭaka's is indeed declared... the Jahnu group.
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VaP 2 27.100
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। किं लक्षणेन धर्मेण तपसेह श्रुतेन वा। ब्राह्मण्यं समनुप्राप्तं विश्वामित्रादिभिर्नृपैः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || kiṃ lakṣaṇena dharmeṇa tapaseha śrutena vā| brāhmaṇyaṃ samanuprāptaṃ viśvāmitrādibhirnṛpaiḥ
The seers said: By what defining mark, by what duty, by what austerity here, or by what learning was brahmin-hood fully attained by Viśvāmitra and the other kings?
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VaP 2 27.101
येन योनाभिधा नेन ब्राह्मण्यं क्षत्रिया गताः । विशेषं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तपसा दानतस्तथा
yena yonābhidhā nena brāhmaṇyaṃ kṣatriyā gatāḥ | viśeṣaṃ jñātumicchāmi tapasā dānatastathā
By what... the kṣatriyas attained brahmin-hood; I wish to know the distinction (made) by austerity and by giving.
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VaP 2 27.102
एवमुक्तस्ततो वाक्यमब्रवीदिदमर्थवत्। अन्यायोपगतैर्द्रव्यैराहृत्य यजने धिया। धर्माभिकांक्षी यजते न धर्मफलमश्नुते
evamuktastato vākyamabravīdidamarthavat| anyāyopagatairdravyairāhṛtya yajane dhiyā| dharmābhikāṃkṣī yajate na dharmaphalamaśnute
Thus addressed, he then spoke this meaningful speech: Having gathered together, with (deliberate) intent, goods obtained by unjust means for a sacrifice, one who desires merit sacrifices—but he does not enjoy the fruit of merit.
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VaP 2 27.103
धर्म्मं चैतं समाख्याय पापात्मा पुरुषाधमः। ददाति दानं विप्रेभ्यो लोकानां दम्भकारणात्
dharmmaṃ caitaṃ samākhyāya pāpātmā puruṣādhamaḥ| dadāti dānaṃ viprebhyo lokānāṃ dambhakāraṇāt
And, having proclaimed this to be dharma, the evil-souled, lowest of men gives gifts to the brahmins out of hypocrisy before the people.
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VaP 2 27.104
जपं कृत्वा तथा तीव्रं धनलोभान्निरङ्कुशः। रागमोहान्वितो ह्यन्ते पावनार्थं ददाति यः
japaṃ kṛtvā tathā tīvraṃ dhanalobhānniraṅkuśaḥ| rāgamohānvito hyante pāvanārthaṃ dadāti yaḥ
And whoever, having performed intense muttered prayer, unrestrained through greed for wealth, possessed of passion and delusion, gives at the end for the sake of purification—
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VaP 2 27.105
तेन दत्तानि दानानि अफलानि भवन्त्युत। तस्य धर्म्मप्रवृत्तस्य हिंसकस्य दुरात्मनः
tena dattāni dānāni aphalāni bhavantyuta| tasya dharmmapravṛttasya hiṃsakasya durātmanaḥ
the gifts given by him become fruitless indeed—(the gifts) of that man engaged (only outwardly) in dharma, a doer of harm, evil-souled.
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VaP 2 27.106
एवं लब्ध्वा धनं मोहाद्ददतो यजतश्च ह। सक्लिष्टकर्मणो दानं न तिष्ठति दुरात्मनः
evaṃ labdhvā dhanaṃ mohāddadato yajataśca ha| sakliṣṭakarmaṇo dānaṃ na tiṣṭhati durātmanaḥ
Thus, for one who, having obtained wealth (in such a way), gives and sacrifices out of delusion—the gift of that evil-souled man of tainted deeds does not endure.
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VaP 2 27.107
न्यायागतानां द्रव्याणां तीर्थे सम्प्रतिपादनम्। कामाननभिसन्धाय यजते च ददाति च
nyāyāgatānāṃ dravyāṇāṃ tīrthe sampratipādanam| kāmānanabhisandhāya yajate ca dadāti ca
(But) the bestowal of goods obtained by just means at a holy place—(when) he sacrifices and gives without aiming at (any) desires,
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VaP 2 27.108
स दानफलमाप्नोति तच्च दानं सुखोदयम्। दानेन भोगानाप्नोति स्वर्गं सत्येन गच्छति
sa dānaphalamāpnoti tacca dānaṃ sukhodayam| dānena bhogānāpnoti svargaṃ satyena gacchati
he obtains the fruit of giving, and that gift yields happiness. By giving one obtains enjoyments; by truth one goes to heaven;
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VaP 2 27.109
तपसा तु सुतप्तेन लोकान् विष्टभ्य तिष्ठति । विष्टभ्य स तु तेजस्वी लोकेष्वानन्त्यमश्नुते
tapasā tu sutaptena lokān viṣṭabhya tiṣṭhati | viṣṭabhya sa tu tejasvī lokeṣvānantyamaśnute
but by austerity well performed he stands having propped up (pervaded) the worlds; and having propped them up, he, full of splendour, gains endlessness in the worlds.
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VaP 2 27.110
दानाच्छ्रेयांस्तथा यज्ञो यज्ञाच्छ्रेयस्तथा तपः। संन्यासस्तपसः श्रेयांस्तस्माज्ज्ञानं गुरुः स्मृतम्
dānācchreyāṃstathā yajño yajñācchreyastathā tapaḥ| saṃnyāsastapasaḥ śreyāṃstasmājjñānaṃ guruḥ smṛtam
Sacrifice is better than giving, and austerity is better than sacrifice; renunciation is better than austerity—hence knowledge is held to be the weightiest.
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VaP 2 27.111
श्रृयन्ते हि तपःसिद्धाः क्षात्रोपेता द्विजातयः। विश्वामित्रो नरपतिर्मान्धाता संकृतिः कपिः
śrṛyante hi tapaḥsiddhāḥ kṣātropetā dvijātayaḥ| viśvāmitro narapatirmāndhātā saṃkṛtiḥ kapiḥ
For twice-born ones who were endowed with kṣatriya (nature) are heard of as having become perfected by austerity: Viśvāmitra the king, Māndhātā, Saṃkṛti, Kapi,
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VaP 2 27.112
कपेश्च पुरुकुत्सश्च सत्यश्चानृहवानृथुः आर्ष्टिषेणोऽमीढश्च भागान्योन्यस्तथैव च
kapeśca purukutsaśca satyaścānṛhavānṛthuḥ ārṣṭiṣeṇo'mīḍhaśca bhāgānyonyastathaiva ca
and Kapi's (son) Purukutsa, and Satya, and Anṛhavān, Ṛthu, Ārṣṭiṣeṇa and Amīḍha, and likewise Bhāgānyonya,
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VaP 2 27.113
कक्षीवश्चैव शिजयस्तथान्ये च महारथाः। रथीतरश्च रुन्दश्च विष्णुवृद्धादयो नृपाः
kakṣīvaścaiva śijayastathānye ca mahārathāḥ| rathītaraśca rundaśca viṣṇuvṛddhādayo nṛpāḥ
Kakṣīvat and Śijaya, and other great charioteers; Rathītara and Runda and the kings beginning with Viṣṇuvṛddha —
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VaP 2 27.114
क्षात्रोपेताः स्मृता ह्येते तपसा ऋषिताङ्गताः । एते राजर्षयः सर्व्वे सिद्धिं सुमहतीङ्गताः। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि अयोर्वंशं महात्मनः
kṣātropetāḥ smṛtā hyete tapasā ṛṣitāṅgatāḥ | ete rājarṣayaḥ sarvve siddhiṃ sumahatīṅgatāḥ| ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi ayorvaṃśaṃ mahātmanaḥ
These are remembered as endowed with kṣatriya status, (yet) they attained the condition of seers through austerity. All these royal seers reached a very great perfection. Beyond this I shall declare the lineage of the great-souled Ayu.
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