Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 9
VaP 2 9.1
।।सूत उवाच।। एवं प्रजासु सृष्टासु कश्यपे न महात्मना। प्रतिष्ठितासु सर्वासु स्थावरासु चरासु च
||sūta uvāca|| evaṃ prajāsu sṛṣṭāsu kaśyape na mahātmanā| pratiṣṭhitāsu sarvāsu sthāvarāsu carāsu ca
Sūta said: When the creatures had thus been generated by the great Kaśyapa, and when all of them, the immobile and the moving, were established,
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VaP 2 9.2
अभिषिच्याधिपत्येषु तेषां मुख्यः प्रजापतिः। ततः क्रमेण राज्यानि व्यादेष्टुमुपचक्रमे
abhiṣicyādhipatyeṣu teṣāṃ mukhyaḥ prajāpatiḥ| tataḥ krameṇa rājyāni vyādeṣṭumupacakrame
the foremost of them, Prajāpati, having consecrated (them) in their lordships, then began in order to assign the (several) sovereignties.
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VaP 2 9.3
द्विजातीनां वीरुधाञ्च नक्षत्राणां ग्रहैः सह। यज्ञानां तपसाञ्चैव सोमं राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत
dvijātīnāṃ vīrudhāñca nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahaiḥ saha| yajñānāṃ tapasāñcaiva somaṃ rājye'bhyaṣecayata
He consecrated Soma in the kingship of the twice-born and of the creepers, of the lunar mansions together with the planets, and of sacrifices and austerities.
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VaP 2 9.4
बृहस्पतिं तु विश्वेषां ददावङ्गिरसां पतिम्। भृगूणामधिपञ्चैव काव्यं राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत्
bṛhaspatiṃ tu viśveṣāṃ dadāvaṅgirasāṃ patim| bhṛgūṇāmadhipañcaiva kāvyaṃ rājye'bhyaṣecayat
And he gave Bṛhaspati (to be) lord of all the Aṅgirases, and consecrated Kāvya (Uśanas) in the kingship as chief of the Bhṛgus.
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VaP 2 9.5
आदित्यानां पुनर्विष्णुं वसूनामथ पावकम् । प्रजापतीनां दक्षञ्च मरुतामथ वासवम्
ādityānāṃ punarviṣṇuṃ vasūnāmatha pāvakam | prajāpatīnāṃ dakṣañca marutāmatha vāsavam
Again, (he consecrated) Viṣṇu over the Ādityas, then Pāvaka (Fire) over the Vasus, Dakṣa over the Prajāpatis, and Vāsava (Indra) over the Maruts;
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VaP 2 9.6
दैत्यानामथ राजानं प्रह्लादं दितिनन्दनम्। नारायणं तु साध्यानां रुद्राणां वृषभध्वजम्
daityānāmatha rājānaṃ prahlādaṃ ditinandanam| nārāyaṇaṃ tu sādhyānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam
then Prahlāda, the son of Diti, as king of the Daityas; Nārāyaṇa over the Sādhyas, and the bull-bannered one (Śiva) over the Rudras;
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VaP 2 9.7
विप्रचित्तिञ्च राजानं दानवानामथादिशत्। अपां तु वरुणं राज्ये राज्ञां वैश्रवणं पतिम्। यक्षाणां राक्षसानाञ्च पार्थिवानां धनस्य च
vipracittiñca rājānaṃ dānavānāmathādiśat| apāṃ tu varuṇaṃ rājye rājñāṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ patim| yakṣāṇāṃ rākṣasānāñca pārthivānāṃ dhanasya ca
and he appointed Vipracitti as king of the Dānavas; Varuṇa to the kingship of the waters, and Vaiśravaṇa as lord of kings, of the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas, of earthly things and of wealth;
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VaP 2 9.8
वैवस्वतं पितॄणाञ्च यमं राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत्। सर्वभूतपिशाचानां गिरिशं शूलपाणिनम्
vaivasvataṃ pitṝṇāñca yamaṃ rājye'bhyaṣecayat| sarvabhūtapiśācānāṃ giriśaṃ śūlapāṇinam
and he consecrated Yama Vaivasvata in the kingship of the fathers, and Giriśa, the trident-bearer, over all beings and piśācas;
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VaP 2 9.9
शैलानां हिमवन्तञ्च नदीनामथ सागरम्। गन्धर्वाणामधिपतिं चक्रे चित्ररथं तदा
śailānāṃ himavantañca nadīnāmatha sāgaram| gandharvāṇāmadhipatiṃ cakre citrarathaṃ tadā
and Himavat over the mountains, and the ocean over the rivers; then he made Citraratha overlord of the Gandharvas;
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VaP 2 9.10
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां राजानञ्चाभ्यषेचयत्। मृगाणामथ शार्दूलं गोवृषञ्च चतुष्पदाम्
uccaiḥśravasamaśvānāṃ rājānañcābhyaṣecayat| mṛgāṇāmatha śārdūlaṃ govṛṣañca catuṣpadām
and he consecrated Uccaiḥśravas as king of horses; then the tiger over wild beasts, and the bull over four-footed (domestic) animals;
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VaP 2 9.11
पक्षिणामथ सर्वेषां गरुडं पततां वरम्। गन्धानां मातुलञ्चैव भूतानामशरीरिणाम्
pakṣiṇāmatha sarveṣāṃ garuḍaṃ patatāṃ varam| gandhānāṃ mātulañcaiva bhūtānāmaśarīriṇām
then Garuḍa, best of fliers, over all birds; and Mātula over scents and over the bodiless beings;
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VaP 2 9.12
शब्दाकाशबलानाञ्च वायुं बलवतां वरम्। सर्वेषां दंष्ट्रिणां शेषं नागानामथ वासुकिम्
śabdākāśabalānāñca vāyuṃ balavatāṃ varam| sarveṣāṃ daṃṣṭriṇāṃ śeṣaṃ nāgānāmatha vāsukim
and Vāyu, best of the strong, over sound, space and the forces; Śeṣa over all fanged creatures, and Vāsuki over the nāgas;
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VaP 2 9.13
सरीसृपाणां सर्पाणां नागानाञ्चैव तक्षकम्। सागराणां नदीनाञ्च मेघानां वर्षितस्य च। आदित्यानामन्यतमं पर्जन्यमभिषिक्तवान्
sarīsṛpāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ nāgānāñcaiva takṣakam| sāgarāṇāṃ nadīnāñca meghānāṃ varṣitasya ca| ādityānāmanyatamaṃ parjanyamabhiṣiktavān
and Takṣaka over the creeping things, the serpents and the nāgas; and he consecrated Parjanya, one of the Ādityas, over the oceans and rivers and the clouds and the raining;
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VaP 2 9.14
सर्वाप्सरोगणानाञ्च कामदेवं तथैव च। ऋतूनामथ मासानामार्त्तवानां तथैव च
sarvāpsarogaṇānāñca kāmadevaṃ tathaiva ca| ṛtūnāmatha māsānāmārttavānāṃ tathaiva ca
and likewise Kāmadeva over all the hosts of apsarases; and (a lord) of the seasons, the months and the menstrual periods likewise;
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VaP 2 9.15
पक्षाणाञ्च विपक्षाणां मुहूर्त्तानाञ्च पर्वणाम्। कलाकाष्ठाप्रमाणानां गते रयनयोस्तथा। गणितस्याथ योगस्य चक्रे संवत्सरं प्रभुम्
pakṣāṇāñca vipakṣāṇāṃ muhūrttānāñca parvaṇām| kalākāṣṭhāpramāṇānāṃ gate rayanayostathā| gaṇitasyātha yogasya cakre saṃvatsaraṃ prabhum
and he made the Year the lord of the fortnights and half-fortnights, of the muhūrtas and the (lunar) junctures, of the measures of kalās and kāṣṭhās, and of the course of the two (solar) progressions, and of reckoning and of conjunction.
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VaP 2 9.16
प्रजापतिर्वै रजसः पूर्वस्यान्दिशि विश्रुतम्। पुत्रं नाम्ना सुधामानं राजानं सोऽभ्यषेचयत्
prajāpatirvai rajasaḥ pūrvasyāndiśi viśrutam| putraṃ nāmnā sudhāmānaṃ rājānaṃ so'bhyaṣecayat
Prajāpati consecrated as king in the eastern quarter the renowned son of Rajas, Sudhāman by name.
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VaP 2 9.17
पश्चिमायां दिशि तथा रजसः पुत्रमच्युतम्। केतुमन्तं महात्मानं राजानं सोऽभ्यषेचयत्
paścimāyāṃ diśi tathā rajasaḥ putramacyutam| ketumantaṃ mahātmānaṃ rājānaṃ so'bhyaṣecayat
So too in the western quarter he consecrated as king Rajas's imperishable son, the great-souled Ketumat.
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VaP 2 9.18
मनुष्याणामधिपतिं चक्रे चैव सुतं मनुम्। तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना । यथाप्रदेशमद्यापि धर्मेण परिपाल्यते
manuṣyāṇāmadhipatiṃ cakre caiva sutaṃ manum| tairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā sapattanā | yathāpradeśamadyāpi dharmeṇa paripālyate
And he made his son Manu the overlord of men. By these this whole earth, with its seven continents and its towns, is even today protected righteously, each in his own region.
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VaP 2 9.19
स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे पूर्वं ब्रह्मणा तेऽभिषेचिताः। नृपा ह्येतेऽभिषिच्यन्ते मनवो ये भवन्ति वै
svāyambhuve'ntare pūrvaṃ brahmaṇā te'bhiṣecitāḥ| nṛpā hyete'bhiṣicyante manavo ye bhavanti vai
In the Svāyambhuva interval formerly they were consecrated by Brahmā; for these kings are consecrated (as) those who become Manus.
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VaP 2 9.20
मन्वन्तरेष्वतीतेषु गता ह्येतेषु पार्थिवाः। एवमन्येऽभिषिच्यन्ते प्राप्ते मन्वन्तरे पुनः। अतीतानागताः सर्वे स्मृता मन्वन्तरेश्वराः
manvantareṣvatīteṣu gatā hyeteṣu pārthivāḥ| evamanye'bhiṣicyante prāpte manvantare punaḥ| atītānāgatāḥ sarve smṛtā manvantareśvarāḥ
When the manvantaras have passed and these rulers of earth have gone, in this way others are consecrated again when a (new) manvantara arrives; all the lords of the manvantaras, past and future, are (thus) recorded.
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VaP 2 9.21
राजसूयेऽभिषिक्तश्च पृथुरेभिर्नरोत्तमैः। वेददृष्टेन विधिना कृतो राजा प्रतापवान्
rājasūye'bhiṣiktaśca pṛthurebhirnarottamaiḥ| vedadṛṣṭena vidhinā kṛto rājā pratāpavān
And Pṛthu was consecrated at the Rājasūya by these best of men; by the rule seen in the Veda he was made a majestic king.
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VaP 2 9.22
एतानुत्पाद्य पुत्रांस्तु प्रजासन्तानकारणात् । पुनरेव महाभागः प्रजानां पतिरीश्वरः
etānutpādya putrāṃstu prajāsantānakāraṇāt | punareva mahābhāgaḥ prajānāṃ patirīśvaraḥ
Having begotten these sons for the sake of the continuance of creatures, the greatly fortunate lord, the master of creatures, once again—
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VaP 2 9.23
कश्यपो गोत्रकामस्तु चचार परमं तपः । पुत्रौ गोत्रकरौ मह्यं भवेतामित्यचिन्तयत्
kaśyapo gotrakāmastu cacāra paramaṃ tapaḥ | putrau gotrakarau mahyaṃ bhavetāmityacintayat
But Kaśyapa, desiring a lineage, performed the highest austerity; he thought, "May two sons be born to me who will carry on the lineage."
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VaP 2 9.24
तस्य प्रध्यायमानस्य कश्यपस्य महात्मनः। ब्रह्मणोंऽशौ सुतौ पश्चात् प्रादुर्भूतौ महौजसौ
tasya pradhyāyamānasya kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ| brahmaṇoṃ'śau sutau paścāt prādurbhūtau mahaujasau
While that great-souled Kaśyapa was meditating, afterwards two sons of great vigour, portions of Brahmā, appeared.
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VaP 2 9.25
वत्सारश्चासितश्चैव तावुभौ ब्रह्मवादिनौ। वत्सारान्निध्रुवो जज्ञे रैभ्यश्च स महायशाः
vatsāraścāsitaścaiva tāvubhau brahmavādinau| vatsārānnidhruvo jajñe raibhyaśca sa mahāyaśāḥ
Vatsāra and Asita, those two, were both expounders of brahman. From Vatsāra were born Nidhruva and the greatly renowned Raibhya.
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VaP 2 9.26
रैभ्यस्य रैभ्या विज्ञेया निध्रुवस्य निबोधत। च्यवनस्य सुकन्यायां सुमेधाः समपद्यत
raibhyasya raibhyā vijñeyā nidhruvasya nibodhata| cyavanasya sukanyāyāṃ sumedhāḥ samapadyata
The Raibhyas are to be known as Raibhya's; hear now of Nidhruva's (line). Of Cyavana, Sumedhas was born in Sukanyā.
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VaP 2 9.27
निध्रुवस्य तु या पत्नी माता वै कुण्डपायिनाम्। असितस्यैकपर्णायां ब्रह्मिष्ठः समपद्यत
nidhruvasya tu yā patnī mātā vai kuṇḍapāyinām| asitasyaikaparṇāyāṃ brahmiṣṭhaḥ samapadyata
She who was Nidhruva's wife was the mother of the Kuṇḍapāyins; of Asita, Brahmiṣṭha was born in Ekaparṇā.
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VaP 2 9.28
शाण्डिल्यानां वचः श्रुत्वा देवलः सुमहायशाः। निध्रुवाः शाण्डिल्या रैभ्यास्त्रयः पश्चात्तु कश्यपाः
śāṇḍilyānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā devalaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ| nidhruvāḥ śāṇḍilyā raibhyāstrayaḥ paścāttu kaśyapāḥ
Having heard the words of the Śāṇḍilyas, the greatly renowned Devala (spoke); the Nidhruvas, the Śāṇḍilyas and the Raibhyas—these three afterwards (are counted) as Kaśyapas.
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VaP 2 9.29
वरप्रभृतयो देवा देवलस्य प्रजास्त्विमाः। चतुर्युगे त्वतिक्रान्ते मनोर्ह्येकादशे प्रजाः। अथावशिष्टे तस्मिस्तु द्वापरे सम्प्रवर्तते
varaprabhṛtayo devā devalasya prajāstvimāḥ| caturyuge tvatikrānte manorhyekādaśe prajāḥ| athāvaśiṣṭe tasmistu dvāpare sampravartate
These offspring of Devala are the gods beginning with Vara. When the four-age cycle had passed, in the eleventh (manvantara) of Manu the creatures (arose); then, when that had remained, it proceeds in the Dvāpara.
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VaP 2 9.30
मानसस्य चरिष्यन्तस्तस्य पुत्रो दमः किल। मानसस्तस्य दायादस्तृणबिन्दुरिति श्रुतः
mānasasya cariṣyantastasya putro damaḥ kila| mānasastasya dāyādastṛṇabinduriti śrutaḥ
Of Mānasa, who was to wander (?), the son was Dama, it is said; his heir, Mānasa, was known as Tṛṇabindu.
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VaP 2 9.31
त्रेतायुगमुखे राजा तृतीये सम्बभूव ह। तस्य कन्या त्विडविडा रूपेणाप्रतिमाभवत्। पुलस्त्याय स राजर्षिस्तां कन्यां प्रत्यपादयत्
tretāyugamukhe rājā tṛtīye sambabhūva ha| tasya kanyā tviḍaviḍā rūpeṇāpratimābhavat| pulastyāya sa rājarṣistāṃ kanyāṃ pratyapādayat
He became king at the beginning of the third Tretā age. His daughter Iḍaviḍā was unequalled in beauty; that royal sage bestowed that maiden upon Pulastya.
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VaP 2 9.32
ऋषिरिडविडायान्तु विश्रवाः समपद्यत। तस्य पत्न्यश्चतस्रस्तु पौलस्त्यकुलवर्द्धनाः
ṛṣiriḍaviḍāyāntu viśravāḥ samapadyata| tasya patnyaścatasrastu paulastyakulavarddhanāḥ
And in Iḍaviḍā the sage Viśravas was born. He had four wives who increased the family of Pulastya.
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VaP 2 9.33
बृहस्पतेर्बृहत्कीर्त्तिर्देवाचार्यस्य कीर्त्तितः । कन्यां तस्योपयेमे स नाम्ना वै देववर्णिनीम्
bṛhaspaterbṛhatkīrttirdevācāryasya kīrttitaḥ | kanyāṃ tasyopayeme sa nāmnā vai devavarṇinīm
Bṛhatkīrti is declared (to be the daughter) of Bṛhaspati, the preceptor of the gods; he married his daughter, Devavarṇinī by name.
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VaP 2 9.34
पुष्पोत्ककटाञ्च वाकाञ्च सुते माल्यवतः स्थितौ। कैकसीं मालिनः कन्यां तासान्तु श्रृणुत प्रजाः
puṣpotkakaṭāñca vākāñca sute mālyavataḥ sthitau| kaikasīṃ mālinaḥ kanyāṃ tāsāntu śrṛṇuta prajāḥ
And Puṣpotkaṭā and Vākā, the two daughters of Mālyavat, remained (as wives), and Kaikasī the daughter of Mālin; now hear of their offspring.
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VaP 2 9.35
ज्येष्ठं वैश्रवणं तस्य सुषुवे देववर्णिनी। दिव्येन विधिना युक्तमार्षेणैव श्रुतेन च। राक्षसेन च रूपेण आसुरेण बलेन च
jyeṣṭhaṃ vaiśravaṇaṃ tasya suṣuve devavarṇinī| divyena vidhinā yuktamārṣeṇaiva śrutena ca| rākṣasena ca rūpeṇa āsureṇa balena ca
Devavarṇinī bore his eldest, Vaiśravaṇa, endowed with divine ordinance and with sagely (learning) and sacred lore, and with a rākṣasa form and with asura strength.
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VaP 2 9.36
त्रिपादं सुमहाकायं स्थूलशीर्षं महातनुम्। अष्टदंष्ट्रं हरिच्छ्मश्रुं शङ्कुकर्णं विलोहितम्
tripādaṃ sumahākāyaṃ sthūlaśīrṣaṃ mahātanum| aṣṭadaṃṣṭraṃ haricchmaśruṃ śaṅkukarṇaṃ vilohitam
(He was) three-legged, of very great bulk, with a thick head and a huge body, with eight tusks, tawny-bearded, with peg-shaped ears, and very red;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.37
ह्रस्व बाहुं प्रबाहुञ्च पिङ्गलं सुविभीषणम्। वैवर्तज्ञानसम्पन्नं सम्बुद्धं ज्ञानसम्पदा
hrasva bāhuṃ prabāhuñca piṅgalaṃ suvibhīṣaṇam| vaivartajñānasampannaṃ sambuddhaṃ jñānasampadā
with a short arm and a long (other) arm, yellow-brown, most terrifying, endowed with knowledge of the (cosmic) revolutions, awakened through the wealth of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.38
एवंविधं सुतं दृष्ट्वा विश्वरूपधरं तथा। पिता दृष्ट्वाब्रवीत्तत्र कुबेरोऽयमिति स्वयम्
evaṃvidhaṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśvarūpadharaṃ tathā| pitā dṛṣṭvābravīttatra kubero'yamiti svayam
Seeing a son of such a kind, and one who bore all forms, the father, having looked (at him), himself said there: "This one is Kubera."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.39
कुत्सायां क्वितिशब्दोऽयं शरीरं बेरमुच्यते । कुबेरः कुशरीरत्वान्नाम्ना तेन च सोऽङ्कितः
kutsāyāṃ kvitiśabdo'yaṃ śarīraṃ beramucyate | kuberaḥ kuśarīratvānnāmnā tena ca so'ṅkitaḥ
This word "ku" (occurs) in the sense of contempt, and "bera" is said (to mean) body; (he is) Kubera because of (his) bad body, and by that name he was marked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.40
यस्माद्विश्रवसोऽपत्यं सादृश्याद्विश्रवा इव। तस्माद्वैश्रवणो नाम नाम्ना लोके भविष्यति
yasmādviśravaso'patyaṃ sādṛśyādviśravā iva| tasmādvaiśravaṇo nāma nāmnā loke bhaviṣyati
Since (he is) the offspring of Viśravas, and by resemblance is like Viśravas, therefore he will be known in the world by the name Vaiśravaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.41
ऋद्ध्यां कुबेरोऽजनयद्विश्रुतं नलकूबरम्। रावणं कुम्भकर्णञ्च कन्यां शूर्पणखान्तथा। विभीषणं चतुर्थांस्तान्कैकस्यजनयेत्सुतान्
ṛddhyāṃ kubero'janayadviśrutaṃ nalakūbaram| rāvaṇaṃ kumbhakarṇañca kanyāṃ śūrpaṇakhāntathā| vibhīṣaṇaṃ caturthāṃstānkaikasyajanayetsutān
Upon Ṛddhi, Kubera begot the renowned Nalakūbara; and he begot upon Kaikasī those four sons: Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, the daughter Śūrpaṇakhā, and Vibhīṣaṇa.
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VaP 2 9.42
शङ्कुकर्णो दशग्रीवः पिङ्गलो रक्तमूर्द्धजः। चतुष्पाद्विंशतिबुजो महाकायो महा बलः
śaṅkukarṇo daśagrīvaḥ piṅgalo raktamūrddhajaḥ| catuṣpādviṃśatibujo mahākāyo mahā balaḥ
(He was) peg-eared, ten-necked, tawny, with red hair (on his head), four-footed, twenty-armed, huge of body, of great strength;
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VaP 2 9.43
जात्याञ्जननिभो दंष्ट्रो लोहितग्रीव एव च। राजसेनो जययुक्तो रूपेण च बलेन च
jātyāñjananibho daṃṣṭro lohitagrīva eva ca| rājaseno jayayukto rūpeṇa ca balena ca
like pure black collyrium, with great tusks, and red-necked too, of royal army, endowed with victory both in form and in strength;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.44
सत्यबुद्धिर्दृढतनू राक्षसैरेव रावणः । निसर्गाद्दारुणः क्रूरो रावणाद्रावणस्तु सः
satyabuddhirdṛḍhatanū rākṣasaireva rāvaṇaḥ | nisargāddāruṇaḥ krūro rāvaṇādrāvaṇastu saḥ
of true resolve, of firm body, called Rāvaṇa by the rākṣasas themselves; by nature dreadful and cruel, and he (was called) Rāvaṇa from (his) making (others) scream.
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VaP 2 9.45
हिरण्यकशिपुस्त्वासीत्स राजा पूर्वजन्मनि। चतुर्युगानि राजात्र त्रयोदश स राक्षसः
hiraṇyakaśipustvāsītsa rājā pūrvajanmani| caturyugāni rājātra trayodaśa sa rākṣasaḥ
In a former birth that king had been Hiraṇyakaśipu; that rākṣasa was king here for thirteen sets of four ages.
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VaP 2 9.46
ताः पञ्चकोट्यो वर्षाणामाख्याताः सङ्ख्यया द्विजैः। नियुतान्येकषष्टिश्च सङ्ख्याविद्भिरुदाहृता
tāḥ pañcakoṭyo varṣāṇāmākhyātāḥ saṅkhyayā dvijaiḥ| niyutānyekaṣaṣṭiśca saṅkhyāvidbhirudāhṛtā
Those (years) have been declared by the twice-born, by reckoning, to be five crores of years, and sixty-one lakhs (more) have been stated by those who know counting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.47
षष्टिशतसहस्राणि वर्षाणान्तु स रावणः । देवतानां ऋषीणाञ्च घोरं कृत्वा प्रजागरम्
ṣaṣṭiśatasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāntu sa rāvaṇaḥ | devatānāṃ ṛṣīṇāñca ghoraṃ kṛtvā prajāgaram
But that Rāvaṇa, for sixty hundred thousand years, having made a dreadful wakefulness for the gods and the seers—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.48
त्रेतायुगे चतुर्विंशे रावणस्तपसः क्षयात्। रामं दाशरथिं प्राप्य सगणः क्षयमीयिवान्
tretāyuge caturviṃśe rāvaṇastapasaḥ kṣayāt| rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ prāpya sagaṇaḥ kṣayamīyivān
—in the twenty-fourth Tretā age Rāvaṇa, through the exhaustion of his austerity, met with Rāma the son of Daśaratha and went to destruction together with his troop.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.49
महोदयः प्रहस्तश्च महापांशुखरस्तथा। पुष्पोत्कटायाः पुत्रास्ते कन्या कुम्भीनसी तथा
mahodayaḥ prahastaśca mahāpāṃśukharastathā| puṣpotkaṭāyāḥ putrāste kanyā kumbhīnasī tathā
Mahodaya, Prahasta, and likewise Mahāpāṃśu and Khara—these were the sons of Puṣpotkaṭā, and the daughter Kumbhīnasī as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.50
त्रिशिरा दूषणश्चैव विद्युज्जिह्वश्च राक्षसः। कन्या ह्यसलिका चैव वाकायाः प्रसवाः स्मृताः
triśirā dūṣaṇaścaiva vidyujjihvaśca rākṣasaḥ| kanyā hyasalikā caiva vākāyāḥ prasavāḥ smṛtāḥ
Triśira, Dūṣaṇa, and the rākṣasa Vidyujjihva, and the daughter Asalikā—these are recorded as the offspring of Vākā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.51
इत्येते क्रूरकर्माणः पौलस्त्या राक्षसा दश। दारुणाबिजनाः सर्वे देवैरपि दुरासदाः
ityete krūrakarmāṇaḥ paulastyā rākṣasā daśa| dāruṇābijanāḥ sarve devairapi durāsadāḥ
These, then, are the ten rākṣasas of Pulastya's line, cruel in their deeds, all of dreadful birth, hard to approach even by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.52
सर्वे लब्धवराश्चैव पुत्रपौत्रसमन्विताः। यक्षाणाञ्चैव सर्वेषां पौलस्त्या ये च राक्षसाः
sarve labdhavarāścaiva putrapautrasamanvitāḥ| yakṣāṇāñcaiva sarveṣāṃ paulastyā ye ca rākṣasāḥ
All had obtained boons and were provided with sons and grandsons—(lords) of all the yakṣas, and of those rākṣasas who are of Pulastya's line,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.53
आगस्त्यवैश्वामित्राणां क्रूराणां ब्रह्मरक्षसाम्। वेदाध्ययनशीलानां तपोव्रतनिषेविणाम्
āgastyavaiśvāmitrāṇāṃ krūrāṇāṃ brahmarakṣasām| vedādhyayanaśīlānāṃ tapovrataniṣeviṇām
and of the cruel brahma-rākṣasas descended from Agastya and Viśvāmitra, who are given to the study of the Vedas and devoted to austerities and vows—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.54
तेषामैडविडो राजा पौलस्त्यः सव्यपिङ्गलः। इतरे वै यज्ञमुखास्तेन रक्षोगणास्त्रयः
teṣāmaiḍaviḍo rājā paulastyaḥ savyapiṅgalaḥ| itare vai yajñamukhāstena rakṣogaṇāstrayaḥ
—of these the king is Aiḍaviḍa (Kubera), of Pulastya's line, tawny on the left side; the others indeed have the sacrifice as their (share); thus there are three hosts of rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.55
यातु धाना ब्रह्मधाना वार्त्ताश्चैव दिवाचराः । निशाचरगणास्तेषां चत्वारः कविभिः स्मृताः
yātu dhānā brahmadhānā vārttāścaiva divācarāḥ | niśācaragaṇāsteṣāṃ catvāraḥ kavibhiḥ smṛtāḥ
The Yātudhānas, the Brahmadhānas, and the Vārttas, who move by day: of these the hosts that roam by night are reckoned by the wise to be four.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.56
पौलस्त्या नैऋताश्चैव आगत्स्याः कौशिकास्तथा। इत्येताः सप्त तेषां वै जातयो राक्षसाः स्मृताः
paulastyā naiṛtāścaiva āgatsyāḥ kauśikāstathā| ityetāḥ sapta teṣāṃ vai jātayo rākṣasāḥ smṛtāḥ
The Paulastyas, the Nairṛtas, the Āgastyas, and likewise the Kauśikas—these seven are recorded as their rākṣasa races.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.57
तेषां रूपं प्रवक्ष्यामि स्वभावेन व्यवस्थितम्। वृत्ताक्षाः पिङ्गलाश्चैव महाकाया महोदराः
teṣāṃ rūpaṃ pravakṣyāmi svabhāvena vyavasthitam| vṛttākṣāḥ piṅgalāścaiva mahākāyā mahodarāḥ
I shall declare their form, as it is fixed by their own nature: round-eyed and tawny, huge-bodied, big-bellied,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.58
अष्टदंष्ट्रा शङ्कुकर्णा ऊर्द्ध्वरोमाण एव च। आकर्णदारितास्याश्च मुञ्जधूमोर्द्ध्वमूर्द्धजाः
aṣṭadaṃṣṭrā śaṅkukarṇā ūrddhvaromāṇa eva ca| ākarṇadāritāsyāśca muñjadhūmorddhvamūrddhajāḥ
(They have) eight fangs, ears like pegs, and hair standing upright; their mouths are split open as far as the ears, and their head-hair stands up like smoke-coloured muñja grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.59
स्थूलशीर्षाः सिताभाश्च ह्रस्वकाश्च प्रवाहुकाः। ताम्रास्या लम्बजिह्वौष्ठा लम्बभूस्थूलनासिकाः
sthūlaśīrṣāḥ sitābhāśca hrasvakāśca pravāhukāḥ| tāmrāsyā lambajihvauṣṭhā lambabhūsthūlanāsikāḥ
(Some are) thick-headed and white in appearance, others short and (given to) flowing along; (they are) copper-mouthed, with hanging tongues and lips, with drooping brows and thick noses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.60
नीलाङ्गा लोहितग्रीवा गम्भीराक्षा विबीषणाः । महाघोरस्वराश्चैव विकटा बद्धपिण्डिकाः
nīlāṅgā lohitagrīvā gambhīrākṣā vibīṣaṇāḥ | mahāghorasvarāścaiva vikaṭā baddhapiṇḍikāḥ
With dark bodies, red necks, deep-set eyes, terrifying, and with exceedingly dreadful voices, misshapen, with knotted calves.
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VaP 2 9.61
स्थूलाश्च तुङ्गनासाश्च शिलासंहनना दृढाः। दारुणाभिजनाः क्रूराः प्रायशः क्लिष्टकर्मिणः
sthūlāśca tuṅganāsāśca śilāsaṃhananā dṛḍhāḥ| dāruṇābhijanāḥ krūrāḥ prāyaśaḥ kliṣṭakarmiṇaḥ
(They are) bulky and high-nosed, with frames knit like rock, firm, of dreadful birth, cruel, and for the most part doers of harsh deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.62
सकुण्डलाङ्गदापीडा मुकुटोष्णीषधारिणः। विचित्र वस्त्राभरणाश्चित्रस्रगनुलेपनाः
sakuṇḍalāṅgadāpīḍā mukuṭoṣṇīṣadhāriṇaḥ| vicitra vastrābharaṇāścitrasraganulepanāḥ
(They wear) earrings, armlets and chaplets, and bear crowns and turbans; their garments and ornaments are of many colours, with bright garlands and unguents.
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VaP 2 9.63
अन्नादाः पिशितादाश्च पुरुषादाश्च ते स्मृताः। इत्येतद्रूपसाधर्म्यं राक्षसानां बुधैः स्मृतम्। न समस्तबलं बुद्धं यतो मायाकृतं हि तत्
annādāḥ piśitādāśca puruṣādāśca te smṛtāḥ| ityetadrūpasādharmyaṃ rākṣasānāṃ budhaiḥ smṛtam| na samastabalaṃ buddhaṃ yato māyākṛtaṃ hi tat
They are recorded as eaters of food, eaters of flesh, and eaters of men. Thus this common form of the Rākṣasas has been recorded by the learned; their whole power has not been fathomed, since it is wrought by magic.
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VaP 2 9.64
पुलहस्य मृगाः पुत्राः सर्वे व्यालाश्च दंष्ट्रिणः । भूताः पिशाचाः सर्पाश्च भ्रमरा हस्तिनस्तथा
pulahasya mṛgāḥ putrāḥ sarve vyālāśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ | bhūtāḥ piśācāḥ sarpāśca bhramarā hastinastathā
The sons of Pulaha are the deer, and all the beasts of prey with fangs, the Bhūtas, the Piśācas, the serpents, the bees, and likewise the elephants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.65
वानराः किन्नराश्चैव यमकिम्पुरुषास्तथा। येऽन्ये चैव परिक्रान्ता मायाक्रोधवशानुगाः
vānarāḥ kinnarāścaiva yamakimpuruṣāstathā| ye'nye caiva parikrāntā māyākrodhavaśānugāḥ
the monkeys, the Kinnaras, and likewise the Yamas and Kimpuruṣas, and the others too that roam about, subject to magic and to wrath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.66
अनपत्यः क्रतुस्तस्मिन् स्मृतो वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे। न तस्य पुत्रः पौत्रो वा तेजः संक्षिप्य वा स्थितः
anapatyaḥ kratustasmin smṛto vaivasvate'ntare| na tasya putraḥ pautro vā tejaḥ saṃkṣipya vā sthitaḥ
Kratu is recorded as childless in that Vaivasvata interval; he had no son nor grandson, but remained having drawn in his fiery power.
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VaP 2 9.67
अत्रेर्वंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि तृतीयस्य प्रजापतेः। तस्य पत्न्यश्च सुन्दर्यो दशैवासन्पतिव्रताः
atrervaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi tṛtīyasya prajāpateḥ| tasya patnyaśca sundaryo daśaivāsanpativratāḥ
I shall declare the lineage of Atri, the third Prajāpati. He had ten beautiful wives, devoted to their husband.
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VaP 2 9.68
भद्राश्वस्य घृताच्यां वै दशाप्सरसि सूनवः। भद्रा शूद्रा च मद्रा च शलदा मलदा तथा
bhadrāśvasya ghṛtācyāṃ vai daśāpsarasi sūnavaḥ| bhadrā śūdrā ca madrā ca śaladā maladā tathā
(They were) the daughters of Bhadrāśva by Ghṛtācī, the Apsaras — ten daughters: Bhadrā, Śūdrā, Madrā, Śaladā, and Maladā,
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VaP 2 9.69
वेला खला च सप्तैता या च गोचपला स्मृता । तथा मानरसा चैव रत्नकृटा च ता दश
velā khalā ca saptaitā yā ca gocapalā smṛtā | tathā mānarasā caiva ratnakṛṭā ca tā daśa
Velā and Khalā — these seven — and she who is recorded as Gocapalā, and likewise Mānarasā and Ratnakūṭā: those are the ten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.70
आत्रेयवंशकृत्तासां भर्त्ता नाम्ना प्रभाकरः। भद्रायां जनयामास सोमं पुत्रं यशस्विनम्
ātreyavaṃśakṛttāsāṃ bharttā nāmnā prabhākaraḥ| bhadrāyāṃ janayāmāsa somaṃ putraṃ yaśasvinam
Their husband, the founder of the Ātreya line, was Prabhākara by name; in Bhadrā he begot a glorious son, Soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.71
स्वर्भानुना हते सूर्ये पतमानो दिवो महीम्। तमोऽभिभूते लोकेऽस्मिन् प्रभा येन प्रवर्त्तिता
svarbhānunā hate sūrye patamāno divo mahīm| tamo'bhibhūte loke'smin prabhā yena pravarttitā
When the sun was struck by Svarbhānu and was falling from heaven to the earth, and this world was overcome by darkness, it was by him that light was set going.
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VaP 2 9.72
स्वस्ति तेऽस्त्विति चोक्तः स पतन्निह दिवाकरः। ब्रह्मर्षेर्वचनात्तस्य न पपात दिवो महीम्
svasti te'stviti coktaḥ sa patanniha divākaraḥ| brahmarṣervacanāttasya na papāta divo mahīm
And when he had said, "May it be well with you," that sun, falling here, did not fall from heaven to the earth, because of that Brahman-seer's word.
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VaP 2 9.73
अत्रिश्रेष्ठानि गोत्राणि यश्चकार महातपाः । यज्ञेष्वत्रिघनश्चैव सुरैर्यश्च प्रवर्त्तितः
atriśreṣṭhāni gotrāṇi yaścakāra mahātapāḥ | yajñeṣvatrighanaścaiva surairyaśca pravarttitaḥ
He of great austerity it was who made the gotras that have Atri as their foremost, and it was he who was established by the gods as the Atri-slayer(?) in the sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 9.74
स तास्वजनयत् पुत्रानात्मतुल्याननामकान्। दश तास्वेव महता तपसा भावितप्रभा
sa tāsvajanayat putrānātmatulyānanāmakān| daśa tāsveva mahatā tapasā bhāvitaprabhā
In them he begot ten sons like himself, nameless, in those very (wives) — he whose splendour was brought about by great austerity.
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VaP 2 9.75
स्वस्त्यात्रेया इति ख्याता ऋषयो वेदपारगाः । तेषां विख्यातयशसौ ब्रह्मिष्ठौ सुमहौजसौ
svastyātreyā iti khyātā ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ | teṣāṃ vikhyātayaśasau brahmiṣṭhau sumahaujasau
They are known as the Svastyātreyas, seers who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas. Among them two were of renowned fame, most devoted to brahman, of very great vigour.
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VaP 2 9.76
दत्तात्रेयस्तस्य ज्येष्ठो दुर्वासास्तस्य चानुजः । यवीयसी सुता तस्या मबला ब्रह्मवादिनी। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं पौराणिकाः पुरा
dattātreyastasya jyeṣṭho durvāsāstasya cānujaḥ | yavīyasī sutā tasyā mabalā brahmavādinī| atrāpyudāharantīmaṃ ślokaṃ paurāṇikāḥ purā
Dattātreya was his eldest, and Durvāsas his younger brother; younger still was his daughter Abalā, an expounder of brahman. On this point too the Purāṇa-reciters of old quote this verse:
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VaP 2 9.77
अत्रेः पुत्रं महात्मानं शान्तात्मानमकल्मषम्। दत्तात्रेयं तनुं विष्णोः पुराणज्ञाः प्रचक्षते
atreḥ putraṃ mahātmānaṃ śāntātmānamakalmaṣam| dattātreyaṃ tanuṃ viṣṇoḥ purāṇajñāḥ pracakṣate
The knowers of the Purāṇas declare Dattātreya, the great-souled son of Atri, calm of self and stainless, to be a body of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.78
तस्य गोत्रान्वये जाताश्चत्वारः प्रथिता भुवि। श्यामाश्च मुद्गलाश्चैव बलारकगविष्ठिराः। एते नृणान्तु चत्वारः स्मृताः पक्षा महौजसाम्
tasya gotrānvaye jātāścatvāraḥ prathitā bhuvi| śyāmāśca mudgalāścaiva balārakagaviṣṭhirāḥ| ete nṛṇāntu catvāraḥ smṛtāḥ pakṣā mahaujasām
Born in the line of his gotra were four (families) renowned on earth: the Śyāmas, the Mudgalas, the Bālārakas and the Gaviṣṭhiras. These four are remembered as the branches of those men of great vigour.
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VaP 2 9.79
कश्यपान्नारदश्चैव पर्वतोऽरुन्धती तथा। जज्ञिरे च त्वरुन्धत्यास्तान्निबोधत सत्तमाः
kaśyapānnāradaścaiva parvato'rundhatī tathā| jajñire ca tvarundhatyāstānnibodhata sattamāḥ
From Kaśyapa were born Nārada, Parvata and Arundhatī; and (those) who were born of Arundhatī — learn of them, O best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.80
नारदस्तु वसिष्ठायारुन्धतीं प्रत्यपादयत्। ऊर्द्ध्वरेता महातेजा वृक्षशापात्तु नारदः
nāradastu vasiṣṭhāyārundhatīṃ pratyapādayat| ūrddhvaretā mahātejā vṛkṣaśāpāttu nāradaḥ
But Nārada bestowed Arundhatī upon Vasiṣṭha; Nārada, of great splendour, was one whose seed flowed upward (i.e. a celibate) because of a tree's curse.
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VaP 2 9.81
पुरा देवासुरे तस्मिन्संग्राम तारकामये। अनावृष्ट्या हते लोके व्यग्रे शक्रे सुरैः सह। वसिष्ठस्तपसा धीमान्धारयामास वै प्रजाः
purā devāsure tasminsaṃgrāma tārakāmaye| anāvṛṣṭyā hate loke vyagre śakre suraiḥ saha| vasiṣṭhastapasā dhīmāndhārayāmāsa vai prajāḥ
Formerly, in that battle of gods and asuras called Tārakāmaya, when the world was stricken by drought and Śakra together with the gods was preoccupied, the wise Vasiṣṭha by his austerity sustained the creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.82
अत्रौषधं मूलफलमोषधीश्च प्रवर्त्तयन् । तास्तेन जीवयामास कारुण्यादोषधेन तु
atrauṣadhaṃ mūlaphalamoṣadhīśca pravarttayan | tāstena jīvayāmāsa kāruṇyādoṣadhena tu
Bringing forth there medicine, root and fruit, and herbs, out of compassion he kept them alive by means of that herbal remedy.
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VaP 2 9.83
अरुन्धत्यां वसिष्ठस्तु शक्तिमुत्पादयद्द्विजाः। सागरञ्जनयच्छक्तेरदृश्यन्ती पराशरम्
arundhatyāṃ vasiṣṭhastu śaktimutpādayaddvijāḥ| sāgarañjanayacchakteradṛśyantī parāśaram
Vasiṣṭha begot Śakti upon Arundhatī, O twice-born ones; and Adṛśyantī bore to Śakti (the son) Parāśara, (vast as) an ocean.
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VaP 2 9.84
काली पराशराज्जज्ञे कृष्णद्वैपायनं प्रभुम्। द्वैपायनादरण्यां वै शुको जज्ञे गुणान्वितः
kālī parāśarājjajñe kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ prabhum| dvaipāyanādaraṇyāṃ vai śuko jajñe guṇānvitaḥ
Kālī bore from Parāśara the lord Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana; and from Dvaipāyana, upon Araṇī, was born Śuka, endowed with good qualities.
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VaP 2 9.85
उत्पद्यन्ते च पीवर्यां षडिमे शुकसूनवः। भूरिश्रवाः प्रभुः शम्भुः कृष्णो गौरश्च पञ्चमः
utpadyante ca pīvaryāṃ ṣaḍime śukasūnavaḥ| bhūriśravāḥ prabhuḥ śambhuḥ kṛṣṇo gauraśca pañcamaḥ
And upon Pīvarī these six sons of Śuka are born: Bhūriśravas, Prabhu, Śambhu, Kṛṣṇa, and Gaura the fifth,
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VaP 2 9.86
कन्या कीर्तिमती चैव योगमाता दृढव्रता। जननी ब्रह्मदत्तस्य पत्नी सत्त्वगुहस्य च
kanyā kīrtimatī caiva yogamātā dṛḍhavratā| jananī brahmadattasya patnī sattvaguhasya ca
and the daughter Kīrtimatī, mother of yoga, firm in her vows, the mother of Brahmadatta and the wife of Sattvaguha.
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VaP 2 9.87
श्वेताः कृष्णाश्च गौराश्च श्यामा धूम्राः समूलिकाः। ऊष्मपा दारकाश्चैव नीलाश्चैव पराशराः। पराशराणामष्टौ ते पक्षाः प्रोक्ता महात्मनाम्
śvetāḥ kṛṣṇāśca gaurāśca śyāmā dhūmrāḥ samūlikāḥ| ūṣmapā dārakāścaiva nīlāścaiva parāśarāḥ| parāśarāṇāmaṣṭau te pakṣāḥ proktā mahātmanām
The Śvetas, the Kṛṣṇas, the Gauras, the Śyāmas, the Dhūmras, the Samūlikas, the Ūṣmapas, the Dārakas and the Nīlas — (these are) the Parāśaras; these are declared to be the eight branches of the great-souled Parāśaras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 9.88
अत ऊर्द्ध्वं निबोधध्वमिन्द्रप्रतिमसम्भवम्। वसिष्ठस्य कपिञ्जल्यां घृताच्यां समपद्यत। कुशीतियः समाख्यात इन्द्रप्रतिम उच्यते
ata ūrddhvaṃ nibodhadhvamindrapratimasambhavam| vasiṣṭhasya kapiñjalyāṃ ghṛtācyāṃ samapadyata| kuśītiyaḥ samākhyāta indrapratima ucyate
Now learn hereafter the origin of Indrapratima: of Vasiṣṭha, by Kapiñjalī Ghṛtācī, (a son) came to be; he is called Kuśītiya, and (he) is said to be Indrapratima.
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VaP 2 9.89
पृथोः सुतायाः सम्भूतः पुत्रस्तस्या भवद्वसुः। उपमन्युः सुतस्तस्य यस्येमे उपमन्यवः
pṛthoḥ sutāyāḥ sambhūtaḥ putrastasyā bhavadvasuḥ| upamanyuḥ sutastasya yasyeme upamanyavaḥ
From Pṛthu's daughter he was born; her son was Vasu; his son was Upamanyu, from whom these Upamanyus (descend).
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VaP 2 9.90
मित्रावरुणयोश्चैव कुण्डिनो ये परिश्रुताः। एकार्षेयास्तथैवान्ये वसिष्ठा नाम विश्रुताः। एते पक्षा वसिष्ठानां स्मृता एकादशेव तु
mitrāvaruṇayoścaiva kuṇḍino ye pariśrutāḥ| ekārṣeyāstathaivānye vasiṣṭhā nāma viśrutāḥ| ete pakṣā vasiṣṭhānāṃ smṛtā ekādaśeva tu
And the Kuṇḍinas, who are renowned as (descended) from Mitra and Varuṇa, and likewise others of a single ṛṣi-descent, famed by the name Vasiṣṭhas — these are remembered as just eleven branches of the Vasiṣṭhas.
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VaP 2 9.91
इत्येते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मानसा ह्यष्ट विश्रुताः। भ्रातरः सुमहाभागा तेषां वंशाः प्रतिष्ठिताः
ityete brahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasā hyaṣṭa viśrutāḥ| bhrātaraḥ sumahābhāgā teṣāṃ vaṃśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
Thus these eight renowned mind-born sons of Brahmā, brothers of very great fortune — their lineages are established,
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VaP 2 9.92
त्रींल्लोकान्धारयन्तीमान्देवर्षिगणसङ्कुलान् । तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। यैर्व्याप्ता पृथिवी सर्वा सूर्य्यस्येव गभस्तिभिः
trīṃllokāndhārayantīmāndevarṣigaṇasaṅkulān | teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ| yairvyāptā pṛthivī sarvā sūryyasyeva gabhastibhiḥ
upholding these three worlds thronged with the hosts of gods and ṛṣis. And their sons and grandsons (are) by hundreds and by thousands, by whom the whole earth is pervaded as (it is) by the rays of the sun.
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