Vishnu Purana — Amsha 4 — Chapter 24
ViP 4 24.22
यदा चन्द्रश् च सूर्यश् च यदा तिष्यबृहस्पती एकराशौ समेष्यन्ति भविष्यति तदा कृतम् ॥
yadā candraś ca sūryaś ca yadā tiṣyabṛhaspatī ekarāśau sameṣyanti bhaviṣyati tadā kṛtam //
When the moon and the sun, and when Tiṣya and Bṛhaspati, shall come together in one zodiacal sign, then the Kṛta (age) will come to be.
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ViP 4 24.23
अतीता वर्तमानाश् च तथैवानागताश् च ये एते वंशेषु भूपालाः कथिता मुनिसत्तम ॥
atītā vartamānāś ca tathaivānāgatāś ca ye ete vaṃśeṣu bhūpālāḥ kathitā munisattama //
These earth-protectors in the lineages, past and present and likewise those yet to come, have been recounted, O best of sages.
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ViP 4 24.24
यावत् परीक्षितो जन्म यावन् नन्दाभिषेचनम् एतद् वर्षसहस्रं तु ज्ञेयं पञ्चदशोत्तरम् ॥
yāvat parīkṣito janma yāvan nandābhiṣecanam etad varṣasahasraṃ tu jñeyaṃ pañcadaśottaram //
From the birth of Parīkṣit up to the consecration of Nanda, this is to be known as a thousand years and fifteen more.
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ViP 4 24.25
सप्तर्षीणां तु यौ पूर्वौ दृश्येते उदितौ दिवि तयोस् तु मध्ये नक्षत्रं दृश्यते यत् समं निशि तेन सप्तर्षयो युक्तास् तिष्ठन्त्य् अब्दशतं नृणाम् ॥
saptarṣīṇāṃ tu yau pūrvau dṛśyete uditau divi tayos tu madhye nakṣatraṃ dṛśyate yat samaṃ niśi tena saptarṣayo yuktās tiṣṭhanty abdaśataṃ nṛṇām //
Of the seven sages, two are seen risen in the sky as the foremost; the lunar asterism that is seen at night level between those two — with that the seven sages stand conjoined for a hundred human years.
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ViP 4 24.26
ते तु पारीक्षिते काले मघास्व् आसन् द्विजोत्तम तदा प्रवृत्तश् च कलिर् द्वादशाब्दशतात्मकः ॥
te tu pārīkṣite kāle maghāsv āsan dvijottama tadā pravṛttaś ca kalir dvādaśābdaśatātmakaḥ //
But in the time of Parīkṣit they were in the Maghās, O best of the twice-born; and then began the Kali, consisting of twelve hundred years.
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ViP 4 24.27
यदैव भगवद्विष्णोर् अंशो यातो दिवं द्विज वसुदेवकुलोद्भूतस् तदैवात्रागतः कलिः ॥
yadaiva bhagavadviṣṇor aṃśo yāto divaṃ dvija vasudevakulodbhūtas tadaivātrāgataḥ kaliḥ //
At the very moment when the portion of the lord Viṣṇu, sprung in the family of Vasudeva, went to heaven, O twice-born one, at that very moment Kali came here.
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ViP 4 24.28
यावत् स पादपद्माभ्यां पस्पर्शेमां वसुंधराम् तावत् पृथ्वीपरिष्वङ्गे समर्थो नाभवत् कलिः ॥
yāvat sa pādapadmābhyāṃ pasparśemāṃ vasuṃdharām tāvat pṛthvīpariṣvaṅge samartho nābhavat kaliḥ //
So long as he touched this earth with his two lotus feet, so long Kali was not able to embrace the earth.
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ViP 4 24.29
गते सनातनस्यांशे विष्णोस् तत्र भुवो दिवम् तत्याज सानुजो राज्यं धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
gate sanātanasyāṃśe viṣṇos tatra bhuvo divam tatyāja sānujo rājyaṃ dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ //
When that portion of the eternal Viṣṇu had gone from the earth to heaven, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, together with his younger brothers, gave up the kingdom.
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ViP 4 24.30
विपरीतानि दृष्ट्वा च निमित्तानि स पाण्डवः याते कृष्णे चकाराथ सो ऽभिषेकं परीक्षितः ॥
viparītāni dṛṣṭvā ca nimittāni sa pāṇḍavaḥ yāte kṛṣṇe cakārātha so 'bhiṣekaṃ parīkṣitaḥ //
And that son of Pāṇḍu, seeing adverse omens when Kṛṣṇa had departed, then performed the consecration of Parīkṣit.
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ViP 4 24.31
प्रयास्यन्ति यदा चैते पूर्वाषाढां महर्षयः तदा नन्दात् प्रभृत्य् एष कलिर् वृद्धिं गमिष्यति ॥
prayāsyanti yadā caite pūrvāṣāḍhāṃ maharṣayaḥ tadā nandāt prabhṛty eṣa kalir vṛddhiṃ gamiṣyati //
And when these great seers shall move on to Pūrvāṣāḍhā, then, beginning from Nanda, this Kali (age) will grow.
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ViP 4 24.32
यस्मिन् कृष्णो दिवं यातस् तस्मिन्न् एव तदाहनि प्रतिपन्नं कलियुगं तस्य संख्यां निबोध मे ॥
yasmin kṛṣṇo divaṃ yātas tasminn eva tadāhani pratipannaṃ kaliyugaṃ tasya saṃkhyāṃ nibodha me //
On that very day on which Kṛṣṇa went to heaven, the Kali age set in; learn from me its reckoning.
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ViP 4 24.33
त्रीणि लक्षाणि वर्षाणां द्विज मानुषसंख्यया षष्टिं चैव सहस्राणि भविष्यत्य् एष वै कलिः ॥
trīṇi lakṣāṇi varṣāṇāṃ dvija mānuṣasaṃkhyayā ṣaṣṭiṃ caiva sahasrāṇi bhaviṣyaty eṣa vai kaliḥ //
Three hundred thousand years, O twice-born, by human reckoning, and sixty thousand more — so long will this Kali be.
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ViP 4 24.34
शतानि तानि दिव्यानि सप्त पञ्च च संख्यया निःशेषेण ततस् तस्मिन् भविष्यति पुनः कृतम् ॥
śatāni tāni divyāni sapta pañca ca saṃkhyayā niḥśeṣeṇa tatas tasmin bhaviṣyati punaḥ kṛtam //
By (divine) reckoning those are twelve hundred divine (years) — seven hundred and five hundred; then, when it has wholly elapsed, the Kṛta (age) will come again.
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ViP 4 24.35
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश् च द्विजसत्तम युगे युगे महात्मानः समतीताः सहस्रशः ॥
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca dvijasattama yuge yuge mahātmānaḥ samatītāḥ sahasraśaḥ //
Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras, O best of the twice-born, great souls, have passed away by the thousands in age after age.
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ViP 4 24.36
बहुत्वान् नामधेयानां परिसंख्या कुले कुले पुनरुक्तबहुत्वात् तु न मया परिकीर्तिता ॥
bahutvān nāmadheyānāṃ parisaṃkhyā kule kule punaruktabahutvāt tu na mayā parikīrtitā //
Because of the great number of names, the full enumeration family by family — because of the great number of repetitions — has not been recited by me.
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ViP 4 24.37
देवापिः पौरवो राजा मरुश् चेक्ष्वाकुवंशजः महायोगबलोपेतौ कलापग्रामसंश्रयौ ॥
devāpiḥ pauravo rājā maruś cekṣvākuvaṃśajaḥ mahāyogabalopetau kalāpagrāmasaṃśrayau //
Devāpi, the Paurava king, and Maru, born of the line of Ikṣvāku, both endowed with great power of yoga, dwelling in the village of Kalāpa —
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ViP 4 24.38
कृते युग इहागत्य क्षत्रप्रावर्तकौ हि तौ भविष्यतो मनोर् वंशबीजभूतौ व्यवस्थितौ ॥
kṛte yuga ihāgatya kṣatraprāvartakau hi tau bhaviṣyato manor vaṃśabījabhūtau vyavasthitau //
having come here in the Kṛta age, those two will be the promoters of the Kṣatriya order; they abide as the seeds of Manu's lineage.
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ViP 4 24.39
एतेन क्रमयोगेन मनुपुत्रैर् वसुंधरा कृतत्रेतादिसंज्ञानि युगानि त्रीणि भुज्यते ॥
etena kramayogena manuputrair vasuṃdharā kṛtatretādisaṃjñāni yugāni trīṇi bhujyate //
By this succession of stages the earth is enjoyed by the sons of Manu through the three ages named Kṛta, Tretā and the rest.
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ViP 4 24.40
कलौ तु बीजभूतास् ते केचित् तिष्ठन्ति भूतले यथैव देवापिमरू साम्प्रतं समवस्थितौ ॥
kalau tu bījabhūtās te kecit tiṣṭhanti bhūtale yathaiva devāpimarū sāmprataṃ samavasthitau //
But in the Kali (age) some of them remain on the earth as seeds, just as Devāpi and Maru are at present abiding.
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ViP 4 24.41
एष तूद्देशतो वंशस् तवोक्तो भूभुजां मया निखिलो गदितुं शक्यो नैव जन्मशतैर् अपि ॥
eṣa tūddeśato vaṃśas tavokto bhūbhujāṃ mayā nikhilo gadituṃ śakyo naiva janmaśatair api //
This lineage of the kings has been told to you by me only in outline; the whole of it could not be told even in a hundred births.
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ViP 4 24.42
एते चान्ये च भूपाला यैर् अत्र क्षितिमण्डले कृतं ममत्वं मोहान्धैर् नित्ये ऽनित्यकलेवरैः ॥
ete cānye ca bhūpālā yair atra kṣitimaṇḍale kṛtaṃ mamatvaṃ mohāndhair nitye 'nityakalevaraiḥ //
These and other rulers of the earth, blind with delusion, by whom possessiveness was practised here on this circle of the earth as if it were permanent, though their bodies are impermanent —
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ViP 4 24.43
कथं ममेयम् अचला मत्पुत्रस्य कथं मही मद्वंशस्येति चिन्तार्ता जग्मुर् अन्तम् इमे नृपाः ॥
kathaṃ mameyam acalā matputrasya kathaṃ mahī madvaṃśasyeti cintārtā jagmur antam ime nṛpāḥ //
tormented by the thought, "How shall this earth be unshakably mine, how my son's, how my lineage's?" — these kings came to their end.
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ViP 4 24.44
तेभ्यः पूर्वतराश् चान्ये तेभ्यस् तेभ्यस् तथापरे भविष्याश् चैव यास्यन्ति तेषाम् अन्ये च ये ऽध्य् अनु ॥
tebhyaḥ pūrvatarāś cānye tebhyas tebhyas tathāpare bhaviṣyāś caiva yāsyanti teṣām anye ca ye 'dhy anu //
And others earlier than they, and yet others after these and those, and those still to come will pass away too, and others who follow after them.
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ViP 4 24.45
विलोक्यात्मजयोद्योगयात्राव्यग्रान् नराधिपान् पुष्पप्रहासैः शरदि हसतीव वसुंधरा ॥
vilokyātmajayodyogayātrāvyagrān narādhipān puṣpaprahāsaiḥ śaradi hasatīva vasuṃdharā //
Beholding the rulers of men busied with efforts and expeditions for conquest, the earth seems to laugh with the laughter of her flowers in autumn.
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ViP 4 24.46
मैत्रेय पृथिवीगीताः श्लोकाश् चात्र निबोध तान् यान् आह धर्मध्वजिने जनकायासितो मुनिः ॥
maitreya pṛthivīgītāḥ ślokāś cātra nibodha tān yān āha dharmadhvajine janakāyāsito muniḥ //
Maitreya, hear now those verses sung by the Earth, which the sage Asita spoke to Janaka, the bearer of the banner of dharma.
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ViP 4 24.47
कथम् एष नरेन्द्राणां मोहो बुद्धिमताम् अपि येन फेनसधर्माणो ऽप्य् अतिविश्वस्तचेतसः ॥
katham eṣa narendrāṇāṃ moho buddhimatām api yena phenasadharmāṇo 'py ativiśvastacetasaḥ //
How is this delusion (found) even in kings who are intelligent, by which, though they are of the same nature as foam, their minds are yet excessively confident?
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ViP 4 24.48
पूर्वम् आत्मजयं कृत्वा जेतुम् इच्छन्ति मन्त्रिणः ततो भृत्यांश् च पौरांश् च जिगीषन्ते तथा रिपून् ॥
pūrvam ātmajayaṃ kṛtvā jetum icchanti mantriṇaḥ tato bhṛtyāṃś ca paurāṃś ca jigīṣante tathā ripūn //
Having first achieved conquest of themselves, they wish to conquer their counsellors; then they seek to subdue their servants and townsfolk, and likewise their enemies.
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ViP 4 24.49
क्रमेणानेन जेष्यामो वयं पृथ्वीं ससागराम् इत्य् आसक्तधियो मृत्युं न पश्यन्त्य् अविदूरगम् ॥
krameṇānena jeṣyāmo vayaṃ pṛthvīṃ sasāgarām ity āsaktadhiyo mṛtyuṃ na paśyanty avidūragam //
"By this sequence we shall conquer the earth together with its seas" — with minds so attached, they do not see death, which is not far off.
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ViP 4 24.50
समुद्रावरणं याति मन्मण्डलम् अथो वशम् कियद् आत्मजयाद् एतन् मुक्तिर् आत्मजये फलम् ॥
samudrāvaraṇaṃ yāti manmaṇḍalam atho vaśam kiyad ātmajayād etan muktir ātmajaye phalam //
"My realm, bounded by the ocean, comes under my sway" — how little is this compared with the conquest of oneself! Liberation is the fruit of self-conquest.
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ViP 4 24.51
उत्सृज्य पूर्वजा याता यां नादाय गतः पिता तां ममेति विमूढत्वाज् जेतुम् इच्छन्ति पार्थिवाः ॥
utsṛjya pūrvajā yātā yāṃ nādāya gataḥ pitā tāṃ mameti vimūḍhatvāj jetum icchanti pārthivāḥ //
That (earth) which the forefathers left behind when they departed, which the father did not take with him when he went — that, out of utter delusion, kings wish to conquer, thinking "it is mine."
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ViP 4 24.52
मत्कृते पितृपुत्राणां भ्रातॄणां चापि विग्रहाः जायन्ते ऽत्यन्तमोहेन ममत्वादृतचेतसाम् ॥
matkṛte pitṛputrāṇāṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ cāpi vigrahāḥ jāyante 'tyantamohena mamatvādṛtacetasām //
On my account quarrels arise even between fathers and sons and between brothers, through extreme infatuation, in those whose minds hold the sense of "mine" in honour.
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ViP 4 24.53
पृथ्वी ममेयं सकला ममेयं मदन्वयस्यापि च शाश्वतेयम् यो यो मृतो ह्य् अत्र बभूव राजा कुबुद्धिर् आसीद् इति तस्य तस्य ॥
pṛthvī mameyaṃ sakalā mameyaṃ madanvayasyāpi ca śāśvateyam yo yo mṛto hy atra babhūva rājā kubuddhir āsīd iti tasya tasya //
"This whole earth is mine, this is mine, and it belongs perpetually to my lineage as well" — whatever king has died here, such was the foolish thought of each of them.
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ViP 4 24.54
दृष्ट्वा ममत्वादृतचित्तम् एकं विहाय मां मृत्युपथं व्रजन्तम् तस्यान्वयस्थस्य कथं ममत्वं हृद्य् आस्पदं मत्प्रभवं करोति ॥
dṛṣṭvā mamatvādṛtacittam ekaṃ vihāya māṃ mṛtyupathaṃ vrajantam tasyānvayasthasya kathaṃ mamatvaṃ hṛdy āspadaṃ matprabhavaṃ karoti //
Having seen one man whose mind honoured the sense of "mine" leave me behind and go the way of death, how does the sense of "mine" concerning me still make a place in the heart of another standing in his lineage?
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ViP 4 24.55
पृथ्वी ममैषाशु परित्यजैनां वदन्ति ये दूतमुखैः स्वशत्रुम् नराधिपास् तेषु ममातिहासः पुनश् च मूढेषु दयाभ्युपैति ॥
pṛthvī mamaiṣāśu parityajaināṃ vadanti ye dūtamukhaiḥ svaśatrum narādhipās teṣu mamātihāsaḥ punaś ca mūḍheṣu dayābhyupaiti //
"This earth is mine — give it up at once!": at those kings who say this to their own enemy through the mouths of envoys I laugh greatly, and then again pity comes over me for the deluded ones.
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ViP 4 24.56
इत्य् एते धरणीगीताः श्लोका मैत्रेय यैः श्रुतैः ममत्वं विलयं याति तापन्यस्तं यथा हिमम् ॥
ity ete dharaṇīgītāḥ ślokā maitreya yaiḥ śrutaiḥ mamatvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti tāpanyastaṃ yathā himam //
Such, Maitreya, are these verses sung by the Earth, by hearing which the sense of "mine" dissolves, as snow set in the heat.
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ViP 4 24.57
इत्य् एष कथितः सम्यङ् मनोर् वंशो मया तव यत्र स्थितिप्रवृत्तस्य विष्णोर् अंशांशका नृपाः ॥
ity eṣa kathitaḥ samyaṅ manor vaṃśo mayā tava yatra sthitipravṛttasya viṣṇor aṃśāṃśakā nṛpāḥ //
Thus this lineage of Manu has been fully recounted by me to you, in which the kings are portions of portions of Viṣṇu, who is engaged in maintaining (the world).
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ViP 4 24.58
शृणोति य इमं भक्त्या मनोर् वंशम् अनुक्रमात् तस्य पापम् अशेषं वै प्रणश्यत्य् अमलात्मनः ॥
śṛṇoti ya imaṃ bhaktyā manor vaṃśam anukramāt tasya pāpam aśeṣaṃ vai praṇaśyaty amalātmanaḥ //
Whoever hears with devotion this lineage of Manu in order, of him, being pure of soul, all sin whatsoever perishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.59
धनधान्यर्द्धिम् अतुलां प्राप्नोत्य् अव्याहतेन्द्रियः श्रुत्वैवम् अखिलं वंशं प्रशस्तं शशिसूर्ययोः इक्ष्वाकुजह्नुमान्धातृसगराविक्षितान् रघून् ॥
dhanadhānyarddhim atulāṃ prāpnoty avyāhatendriyaḥ śrutvaivam akhilaṃ vaṃśaṃ praśastaṃ śaśisūryayoḥ ikṣvākujahnumāndhātṛsagarāvikṣitān raghūn //
He obtains unequalled abundance of wealth and grain, with his senses unimpaired, having thus heard the entire praiseworthy lineage of the moon and the sun — Ikṣvāku, Jahnu, Māndhātṛ, Sagara, Avikṣit, the Raghus —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.60
ययातिनहुषाद्यांश् च ज्ञात्वा निष्ठाम् उपागतान् महाबलान् महावीर्यान् अनन्तधनसंचयान् ॥
yayātinahuṣādyāṃś ca jñātvā niṣṭhām upāgatān mahābalān mahāvīryān anantadhanasaṃcayān //
and Yayāti, Nahuṣa and the rest, knowing (them) to have come to their end, though they were of great strength, great valour, with endless heaps of wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.62
श्रुत्वा न पुत्रदारादौ गृहक्षेत्रादिके तथा द्रव्यादौ वा कृतप्रज्ञो ममत्वं कुरुते नरः ॥
śrutvā na putradārādau gṛhakṣetrādike tathā dravyādau vā kṛtaprajño mamatvaṃ kurute naraḥ //
Having heard (this), the man who has gained wisdom does not entertain the sense of "mine" toward son and wife and the rest, nor toward house and field and the like, nor toward goods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.63
तप्तं तपो यैः पुरुषप्रवीरैर् उद्बाहुभिर् वर्षगणान् अनेकान् इष्टाश् च यज्ञा बलिनो ऽतिवीर्याः कृतास् तु कालेन कथावशेषाः ॥
taptaṃ tapo yaiḥ puruṣapravīrair udbāhubhir varṣagaṇān anekān iṣṭāś ca yajñā balino 'tivīryāḥ kṛtās tu kālena kathāvaśeṣāḥ //
Those foremost of men by whom austerity was practised for many years with arms upraised, and by whom sacrifices were offered, mighty and of surpassing power — by Time they have been made mere remnants of a tale.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.64
पृथुः समस्तान् प्रचचार लोकान् अव्याहतो यो ऽरिविदारिचक्रः स कालवाताभिहतो विनष्टः क्षिप्तं यथा शाल्मलितूलम् अग्नौ ॥
pṛthuḥ samastān pracacāra lokān avyāhato yo 'rividāricakraḥ sa kālavātābhihato vinaṣṭaḥ kṣiptaṃ yathā śālmalitūlam agnau //
Pṛthu, who ranged over all the worlds unopposed, whose disc shattered his foes, was struck down by the wind of Time and perished, like silk-cotton down cast into the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.65
यः कार्तवीर्यो बुभुजे समस्तान् द्वीपान् समाक्रम्य हतारिचक्रः कथाप्रसङ्गेष्व् अभिधीयमानः स एव संकल्पविकल्पहेतुः ॥
yaḥ kārtavīryo bubhuje samastān dvīpān samākramya hatāricakraḥ kathāprasaṅgeṣv abhidhīyamānaḥ sa eva saṃkalpavikalpahetuḥ //
He who was Kārtavīrya, who having overrun them enjoyed all the continents, having destroyed the circle of his enemies — that very one, now (only) mentioned in the course of tales, is a ground for reflection and discrimination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.66
दशाननावीक्षितराघवाणाम् ऐश्वर्यम् उद्भासितदिङ्मुखानाम् भस्मापि जातं न कथं क्षणेन भ्रूभङ्गपातेन धिग् अन्तकस्य ॥
daśānanāvīkṣitarāghavāṇām aiśvaryam udbhāsitadiṅmukhānām bhasmāpi jātaṃ na kathaṃ kṣaṇena bhrūbhaṅgapātena dhig antakasya //
How is it that the sovereignty of the ten-faced one, of Avīkṣit, of the Rāghavas, which lit up the quarters of the sky, did not in an instant become mere ash at the mere knitting of Death's brow? Shame (on Death)!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
ViP 4 24.67
कथाशरीरत्वम् अवाप यद् वै मान्धातृनामा भुवि चक्रवर्ती श्रुत्वापि तं को हि करोति साधुर् ममत्वम् आत्मन्य् अपि मन्दचेताः ॥
kathāśarīratvam avāpa yad vai māndhātṛnāmā bhuvi cakravartī śrutvāpi taṃ ko hi karoti sādhur mamatvam ātmany api mandacetāḥ //
Since he named Māndhātṛ, an emperor upon the earth, came to have a body made of story only — what good man, even dull of mind, hearing of him still entertains the sense of "mine" even toward his own self?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.68
भगीरथाद्याः सगरः ककुत्स्थो दशाननो राघवलक्ष्मणौ च युधिष्ठिराद्याश् च बभूवुर् एते सत्यं न मिथ्या क्व नु ते न विद्मः ॥
bhagīrathādyāḥ sagaraḥ kakutstho daśānano rāghavalakṣmaṇau ca yudhiṣṭhirādyāś ca babhūvur ete satyaṃ na mithyā kva nu te na vidmaḥ //
Bhagīratha and the others, Sagara, Kakutstha, the ten-faced one, Rāghava and Lakṣmaṇa, and Yudhiṣṭhira and the rest — these existed truly, not falsely; but where they now are we do not know.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.69
ये साम्प्रतं ये च नृपा भविष्याः प्रोक्ता मया विप्रवरोग्रवीर्याः ये ते तथान्ये च तथाभिधेयाः सर्वे भविष्यन्ति यथैव पूर्वे ॥
ye sāmprataṃ ye ca nṛpā bhaviṣyāḥ proktā mayā vipravarogravīryāḥ ye te tathānye ca tathābhidheyāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti yathaiva pūrve //
Those kings who are of the present time and those who are to come, spoken of by me, O best of brahmins, of fierce valour — they, and likewise others yet to be named, will all become just as the former ones did.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
ViP 4 24.70
एतद् विदित्वा न नरेण कार्यं ममत्वम् आत्मन्य् अपि पण्डितेन तिष्ठन्तु तावत् तनयात्मजायाः क्षेत्रादयो ये तु शरीरतो ऽन्ये ॥
etad viditvā na nareṇa kāryaṃ mamatvam ātmany api paṇḍitena tiṣṭhantu tāvat tanayātmajāyāḥ kṣetrādayo ye tu śarīrato 'nye //
Knowing this, a wise man should not have the sense of "mine" even with regard to his own self — let alone (things) like son, offspring, wife, fields, which are other than the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition