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hear that, / as well as their power and greatness in detail, O rich in ascetic heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.6) dharmamūrtidharās teṣāṃ trayo ye paramā gaṇāḥ teṣāṃ nāmāni lokāṃś ca kīrtayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu // > The three supreme groups among them that bear the form of dharma— / I shall declare their names and worlds; hear that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.7) lokāḥ sanātanā nāma yatra tiṣṭhanti bhāsvarāḥ amūrtayaḥ pitṛgaṇās te vai putrāḥ prajāpateḥ // > The worlds named Sanātana, where the radiant formless / groups of ancestors abide—they are the sons of the Prajāpati > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.8) virājasya dvijaśreṣṭha vairājā iti viśrutāḥ yajanti tān devagaṇā vidhidṛṣṭena karmanā // > Virāj, O best of the twice-born, known as the Vairājas; / the groups of gods sacrifice to them with rituals prescribed by the rules. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.8x242-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.8x242-1) manojavāḥ svadhābhakṣāḥ sarvakāmasamanvitāḥ | > Swift as thought, consumers of svadhā, endowed with all desires, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.8x242-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.8x242-2) ete yogaṃ parityajya mahātmano bhavanty uta | > these great-souled ones, abandoning yoga, exist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.9) ete vai yogavibhraṣṭā lokān prāpya sanātanān punar yugasahasrānte jāyante brahmavādinaḥ // > Having fallen from yoga and reached the Sanātana worlds, / they are born again at the end of a thousand yugas as expounders of the veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.10) te prāpya tāṃ smṛtiṃ bhūyaḥ sāṃkhyayogam anuttamam yānti yogagatiṃ siddhāḥ punar āvṛttidurlabhām // > Regaining that memory and the supreme Sāṃkhya-yoga, / these perfected ones attain the course of yoga from which return is hard to find. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.11) ete sma pitaras tāta yogināṃ yogavardhanāḥ āpyāyayanti ye pūrvaṃ somaṃ yogabalena vai // > These, dear friend, are the ancestors who increase yoga for yogins, / who formerly nourished Soma by the power of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.12) tasmāc chrāddhāni deyāni yogināṃ dvijasattama eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ somapānāṃ anuttamaḥ // > Therefore, ancestral offerings should be given to yogins, O best of the twice-born; / this is the supreme, first rule concerning the Soma-drinkers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.13) eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā menā nāma mahāgireḥ patnī himavataḥ śreṣṭhā yasyā maināka ucyate // > Their mind-born daughter was named Menā, the excellent wife / of the great mountain Himavat, whose son is said to be Maināka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.14) mainākasya sutaḥ śrīmān krauñco nāma mahāgiriḥ parvatapravaraḥ śubhro nānāratnasamācitaḥ // > Maināka's son is the glorious great mountain named Krauñca, / the foremost among mountains, white, covered with various jewels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.15) tisraḥ kanyās tu menāyāṃ janayām āsa śailarāṭ aparṇām ekaparṇāṃ ca tṛtīyām ekapāṭalām // > And on Menā, the king of mountains begot three daughters: / Aparṇā, Ekaparṇā, and the third, Ekapāṭalā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.16) tapaś carantyaḥ sumahad duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ lokān saṃtāpayām āsus tās tisraḥ sthāṇujaṃgamān // > Practicing immense ascetic heat hard even for gods and Danavas to perform, > those three \[daughters\] tormented the worlds of the stationary and the moving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.16x243-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.16x243-1) nyagrodham ekaparṇā tu pāṭalaṃ caikapāṭalā | > Ekaparṇā resorted to a banyan tree, and Ekapāṭalā to a pāṭalā tree; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.16x243-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.16x243-2) āśrite dve aparṇā tu aniketā tapo 'carat | > the two having resorted \[to them\], Aparṇā, homeless, practiced ascetic heat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.16x243-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.16x243-3) daśavarṣasahasrāṇi duścaraṃ devadānavaiḥ | > for ten thousand years, difficult even for gods and Danavas to perform. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.17) āhāram ekaparṇena saikaparṇā samācarat pāṭalāpuṣpam ekaṃ ca vidadhe caikapāṭalā // > Ekaparṇā took food consisting of a single leaf, > and Ekapāṭalā took a single pāṭalā flower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.17x244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.17x244) pūrṇe pūrṇasahasre tu āhāraṃ dve pracakratuḥ | > Only when a full thousand \[years\] had elapsed did the two take food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.18) ekā tatra nirāhārā tāṃ mātā pratyaṣedhayat u mā iti niṣedhantī mātṛsnehena duḥkhitā // > One among them was without food; her mother forbade her, > saying, 'U mā' ('O, do not!'), forbidding her in distress out of motherly affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.19) sā tathoktā tayā mātrā devī duṣcaracāriṇī umety evābhavat khyātā triṣu lokeṣu sundarī // > Addressed thus by her mother, that goddess practicing severe austerities, > that beautiful maiden became renowned in the three worlds simply as 'Umā'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.19x245-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.19x245-1) tathaiva nāmnā teneha viśrutā yogadharmiṇī | > By that very name she became famous here, steadfast in the duties of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.19x245-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.19x245-2) etat tu trikumārīkaṃ jagat sthāsyati bhārgava | > This world shall endure possessing these three maidens, O Bhārgava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.19x246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.19x246) etāsāṃ tapasā dagdhaṃ yāvad bhūmir dhariṣyati | > scorched by the ascetic heat of these \[maidens\], as long as the earth will hold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.20) tapaḥśarīrāḥ sarvās tās tisro yogabalānvitāḥ sarvās tā vai mahābhāgāḥ sarvāś ca sthirayauvanāḥ | tā lokamātaraś caiva brahmacāriṇya eva ca | sarvāś ca brahmavādinyaḥ sarvāś caivordhvaretasaḥ // > All three have ascetic heat as their body, endowed with the power of yoga; > all of them are highly fortunate, and all possess enduring youth; > they are mothers of the worlds and chaste students, > all of them speakers of the brahman, and all of them celibate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.21) umā tāsāṃ variṣṭhā ca jyeṣṭhā ca varavarṇinī mahāyogabalopetā mahādevam upasthitā // > Umā, the foremost of them, the eldest and fair-complexioned, > endowed with great yogic power, attended upon Mahādeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.21x248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.21x248) dattakaś cośanās tasyāḥ putras tu bhṛgunandanaḥ | > Her adopted son was Uśanas, the descendant of Bhṛgu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.22) asitasyaikaparṇā tu devalasya mahātmanaḥ patnī dattā mahābrahman yogācāryāya dhīmate // > Ekaparṇā was given as wife to Asita Devala, the great-souled > and wise teacher of yoga, O great brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.22x249-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.22x249-1) puṣṭis tāsāṃ kumārīṇāṃ tṛtīyā caikapāṭalā | > The prosperity among those maidens, the third, Ekapāṭalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.22x249-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.22x249-2) putraṃ śataśalākasya jaigīṣavyam upasthitā | > attended upon the son of Śataśalāka, Jaigīṣavya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.22x249-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.22x249-3) tasyāpi śaṅkhalikhitau smṛtau putrāv ayonijau | > His sons are traditionally known as Śaṅkha and Likhita, not born of a womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.23) jaigīṣavyasya tu tathā viddhi tām ekapāṭalām ete cāpi mahābhāge yogācāryāv upasthite // > Know that Ekapāṭalā belonged to Jaigīṣavya likewise; > these two highly fortunate maidens attended upon teachers of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.24) lokāḥ somapadā nāma marīcer yatra vai sutāḥ pitaro divi vartante devās tān bhāvayanty uta agniṣvāttā iti khyātāḥ sarva evāmitaujasaḥ // > There are realms named Somapadā where the sons of Marīci, > the ancestors, dwell in heaven, and the gods revere them; > they are all known as Agniṣvāttas, of boundless power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.24x250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.24x250) agniṣvāttāḥ śrutās tatra pitaro ye pariśrutāḥ | > The ancestors renowned there are heard of as the Agniṣvāttas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.25) eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā acchodā nāma nimnagā acchodaṃ nāma tad divyaṃ saro yasyāḥ samutthitam // > Their mind-born daughter was the river named Acchodā, > from whom arose that divine lake named Acchoda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.25x251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.25x251) tayā na dṛṣṭapūrvās te pitaras tu kadācana | > Those ancestors had never been seen before by her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.25x252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.25x252) apyamūrtān atha pitṝn sā dadarśa śucismitā | > Then she of pure smile beheld the formless ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.25x253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.25x253) saṃbhūtā mānasī teṣāṃ pitṝn svān nābhijānatī | > Born from their mind, she did not recognize her own ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.25x254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.25x254) vrīḍitā tena duḥkhena babhūva varavarṇinī | > Ashamed by that distress, she, fair-complexioned, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.26) sā dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ vavre vasuṃ nāmāntarikṣagam nāmnā vasum iti khyātam āyoḥ putraṃ yaśasvinam // > beholding Vasu, moving through the sky, chose him as father, > the renowned son of Āyu, famous by the name Vasu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.26x255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.26x255) adrikāpsarasāyuktaṃ vimāne 'dhiṣṭhitaṃ divi | > accompanied by the apsaras Adrikā, standing in a celestial chariot in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.27) sā tena vyabhicāreṇa manasaḥ kāmacāriṇī pitaraṃ prārthayitvānyaṃ yogabhraṣṭā papāta ha // > Through that transgression of the mind, acting at her desire, > having solicited another father, she fell, fallen from yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.28) trīṇy apaśyad vimānāni patamānā divaś cyutā trasareṇupramāṇāni sāpaśyat teṣu tān pitṝn // > Falling, dropped from heaven, she saw three celestial chariots; > in them she saw those ancestors, the size of a speck of dust. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.28x256-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.28x256-1) apaśyat patamānā sā vimānatrayam antikāt | > Falling, she saw the three celestial chariots nearby; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.28x256-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.28x256-2) trasareṇupramāṇāṃs tāṃs tatrāpaśyat svakān pitṝn | > there she saw her own ancestors, the size of a speck of dust, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.29) susūkṣmān aparivyaktān agnīn agniṣv ivāhitān trāyadhvaṃ ity uvācārtā patantī tān avākśirāḥ // > extremely subtle, indistinct, like fires placed within fires. > Afflicted, falling head downwards, she said to them: 'Protect \[me\]!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.30) tair uktā sā tu mā bhaiṣīr iti vyomni vyavasthitā tataḥ prasādayām āsa svān pitṝn dīnayā girā // > Addressed by them, 'Do not fear,' remaining in the sky, > she then propitiated her own ancestors with a humble voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.31) ūcus te pitaraḥ kanyāṃ bhraṣṭaiśvaryāṃ vyatikramāt bhraṣṭaiśvaryā svadoṣeṇa patasi tvaṃ śucismite // > Those ancestors said to the maiden who had fallen from her power through transgression: > 'Deprived of your divine power through your own fault, you are falling, O you of pure smile! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.32) yaiḥ kriyante hi karmāṇi śarīrair divi daivataiḥ tair eva tatkarmaphalaṃ prāpnuvantīha devatāḥ // > For deities reap the fruit of actions right here > with those very bodies by which the actions are performed in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.32x257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.32x257) manuṣyas tv anyadehena śubhāśubham iti sthitiḥ | > A human, however, \[reaps\] the good and bad in another body; such is the rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.33) sadyaḥ phalanti karmāṇi devatve pretya mānuṣe yāni karmāṇi devatve tāni santy eva mānuṣe | tasmāt tvaṃ tapasaḥ putri pretyeha prāpsyase phalam // > Actions bear fruit immediately in divinity, \[and\] after death in humanity; > those actions done in divinity indeed exist in humanity; > therefore, daughter, you will reap here after death the fruit of your ascetic heat.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.34) ity uktā pitṛbhiḥ sā tu pitṝn svān saṃprasādayat dhyātvā prasādaṃ te cakrus tasyāḥ sarve 'nukampayā // > Spoken to thus by the ancestors, she propitiated her own ancestors; > having reflected, they all bestowed grace upon her out of compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.35) avaśyaṃbhāvinaṃ jñātvā te 'rtham ūcus tataś ca tām tasya rājño vasoḥ kanyā tvam apatyaṃ bhaviṣyasi utpannasya pṛthivyāṃ tu mānuṣeṣu mahātmanaḥ | kanyaiva bhūtvā lokān svān punaḥ prāpsyasi durlabhān // > Knowing the inevitable matter, they then said to her: > 'You will become the daughter, the offspring of that King Vasu > when he is born on earth among humans, the great-souled one; > becoming his daughter, you will regain your own worlds, difficult to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.35x260](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.35x260) matsyayonau samutpannā sutā rājño bhaviṣyasi | > Born in the womb of a fish, you will become the daughter of the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.36) parāśarasya dāyādaṃ tvaṃ vipraṃ janayiṣyasi sa vedam ekaṃ brahmarṣiś caturdhā vibhajiṣyati // > You will bring forth a brahmin, the heir of Parāśara; > that brahmin seer will divide the single Veda into four.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.37) mahābhiṣasya putrau ca śaṃtanoḥ kīrtivardhanau vicitravīryaṃ dharmajñaṃ tathā citrāṅgadaṃ prabhum // > and the two sons of Mahābhiṣa and Śaṃtanu, who enhance fame: / Vicitravīrya who knows dharma, and the lord Citrāṅgada; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.37x261](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.37x261) jyeṣṭhaṃ vicitravīryaṃ ca citrāṅgadam ataḥ param | > and the elder Vicitravīrya, and Citrāṅgada after him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.38) etān utpādya putrāṃs tvaṃ punar lokān avāpsyasi prāpyaitat sumahābhāge kutsitena svakarmaṇā | vyatikramāt pitṝṇāṃ ca janma prāpsyasi kutsitam // > Having brought forth these sons, you shall attain the worlds again. / Reaching this, O very fortunate lady, through your own contemptible deed / and from an offense against the ancestors, you will obtain a contemptible birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.39) tasyaiva rājñas tvaṃ kanyā adrikāyāṃ bhaviṣyasi aṣṭāviṃśe bhavitrī tvaṃ dvāpare matsyayonijā // > You shall become a daughter of that very king in Adrikā; / you will be born from the womb of a fish in the twenty-eighth Dvāpara \[Yuga\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.40) evam uktā tu dāseyī jātā satyavatī tadā matsyayonau anupamā rājñas tasya vasoḥ sutā // > Thus addressed, the daughter of the fisherman, Satyavatī, incomparable, / was then born in the womb of a fish as the daughter of that king Vasu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.40x263-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.40x263-1) adrikā matsyabhūtā sā gaṅgāyamunasaṃgame | > Adrikā had become a fish at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.40x263-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.40x263-2) tasyāṃ jajñe tu sā kanyā rājño vīreṇa caiva hi | > In her that maiden was born by the semen of the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.41) baibhrājā nāma te lokā divi bhānti sudarśanāḥ yatra barhiṣado nāma pitaro divi viṣrutāḥ // > Those worlds named Baibhrāja shine in heaven, fair to behold, / where the ancestors renowned in heaven are called the Barhiṣads. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.42) tān dānavagaṇāḥ sarve yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ nāgāḥ sarpāḥ suparṇāś ca bhāvayanty amitaujasaḥ // > All the hosts of Dānavas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Rākṣasas, / Nāgas, Sarpas, and Suparṇas of boundless might, revere them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.43) ete putrā mahātmānaḥ pulastyasya prajāpateḥ mahātmāno mahābhāgās tejoyuktās tapasvinaḥ // > These are the great-souled sons of the Prajāpati Pulastya— / great-souled, very fortunate, endowed with splendor, practicing ascetic heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.43x264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.43x264) traya ete gaṇāḥ proktā dharmamūrtidharāḥ śubhāḥ | > These three auspicious hosts, embodied forms of dharma, have been proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.44) eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā pīvarī nāma viśrutā yogā ca yogapatnī ca yogamātā tathaiva ca bhavitrī dvāparaṃ prāpya yugaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varā // > Their mind-born daughter, renowned by the name Pīvarī, / is yoga, the wife of yoga, and likewise the mother of yoga; / having reached the Dvāpara Yuga, she will be the foremost of the upholders of dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.45) parāśarakulodbhūtaḥ śuko nāma mahātapāḥ bhaviṣyati yuge tasmin mahāyogī dvijarṣabhaḥ vyāsād araṇyāṃ saṃbhūto vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan // > Born in the lineage of Parāśara, Śuka by name, of great ascetic heat, / a great yogin, the best of the twice-born, will exist in that yuga, / produced from Vyāsa upon the fire-drill, blazing like a smokeless fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.46) sa tasyāṃ pitṛkanyāyāṃ pīvaryāṃ janayiṣyati kanyāṃ putrāṃś ca caturo yogācāryān mahābalān // > In that daughter of the ancestors, Pīvarī, he will father / a daughter and four sons, masters of yoga, possessing great strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.46x265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.46x265) putrāṃś ca caturo yogā+ +cāryā vedeṣu kovidāḥ | > and four sons, masters of yoga, skilled in the Vedas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.47) kṛṣṇaṃ gauraṃ prabhuṃ śaṃbhuṃ kanyāṃ kṛtvīṃ tathaiva ca kanyāṃ kīrtimatīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ yogamātāṃ ca yoginīm | kṛtvīṃ kanyāṃ kīrtimatīṃ yogāṃ yogasya mātaram | brahmadattasya jananī mahiṣī tv aṇuhasya yā // > Kṛṣṇa, Gaura, Prabhu, Śaṃbhu, and likewise a daughter Kṛtvī; / a sixth \[child\], a daughter Kīrtimatī, mother of yoga and a female yogin; / the daughter Kṛtvī, Kīrtimatī, yoga, the mother of yoga, / who was the queen of Aṇuha and the mother of Brahmadatta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.48) etān utpādya dharmātmā yogācāryāṇ mahāvratāṇ śrutvā sa janakād dharmān vyāsād amitabuddhimān | mahāyogī tadā gantā punar āvartinīṃ gatim // > Having fathered these masters of yoga of great vows, the righteous one, / of boundless intellect, having heard the teachings on dharma from Janaka and Vyāsa, / the great yogin will then attain the state from which there is no return; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.48x269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.48x269) ādityakiraṇopetam apunar mārgam āsthitaḥ | > resorting to the path endowed with the rays of the sun, from which there is no return; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.48x270](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.48x270) ādityaraśmibhiḥ pīto hy apunar vāram eṣyati | > drunk in by the sun's rays, he will not come again; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.48x271](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.48x271) yat tat padam anudvignam avyayaṃ brahma śāśvatam | > which is that untroubled, imperishable, eternal brahman abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.49) amūrtimantaḥ pitaro dharmamūrtidharā mune kathā yatra samutpannā vṛṣṇyandhakakulānvayā // > The formless ancestors are the embodied forms of dharma, O sage, / where the tale concerning the lineage of the Vṛṣṇi and Andhaka families arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.50) traya ete mayā proktāś caturo 'nyān nibodha me yān vakṣyāmi dvijaśreṣṭha mūrtimanto hi te smṛtāḥ samutpannāḥ svadhāyāṃ tu kāvyād agneḥ kaveḥ sutāḥ // > These three have been told by me; learn of four others from me, / whom I shall declare, O best of the twice-born; for they are considered embodied, / arisen in Svadhā from Kāvya fire, the sons of Kavi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.51) sukālā nāma pitaro vasiṣṭhasya prajāpateḥ niratā devalokeṣu jyotirbhāsiṣu bhārgava sarvakāmasamṛddheṣu dvijās tān bhāvayanty uta // > The ancestors named Sukālas, \[descendants\] of the Prajāpati Vasiṣṭha, / devoted in the worlds of the gods shining with radiance, O Bhārgava, / replete with all desires—twice-born men revere them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.52) teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā gaur nāma divi viśrutā tavaiva vaṃśe yā dattā śukasya mahiṣī dvija // > Their mind-born daughter, renowned in heaven by the name Gauḥ, / was given in your own lineage, O twice-born, as the queen of Śuka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.53) ekaśṛṅgā iti khyātā sādhyānāṃ kīrtivardhanī marīcigarbhān sā lokān samāvṛtya vyavasthitā // > Renowned as Ekaśṛṅgā, the enhancer of the fame of the Sādhyas, / she stands enveloping the worlds that contain Marīci. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.54) ye tv athāṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ sādhyaiḥ saṃvardhitāḥ purā upahūtāḥ smṛtās te vai pitaro bhāsvarā divi | tān kṣatriyagaṇās tāta bhāvayanti phalārthinaḥ // > Those sons of Aṅgiras who were formerly reared by the Sādhyas / are called the Upahūtas, radiant ancestors in heaven; / the hosts of kṣatriyas, desiring fruits, revere them, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.55) eteṣāṃ mānasī kanyā yaśodā nāma viśrutā patnī yā viśvamahataḥ snuṣā vai vṛddhaśarmaṇaḥ rājarṣer jananī tāta dilīpasya mahātmanaḥ // > Their mind-born daughter is renowned by the name Yaśodā, / who was the wife of Viśvamahat and the daughter-in-law of Vṛddhaśarman, / the mother, my dear, of the great-souled royal seer Dilīpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.56) tasya yajñe purā gītā gāthāḥ prītair maharṣibhiḥ tadā devayuge tāta vājimedhe mahāmakhe // > Gāthās were sung formerly at his sacrifice by delighted great seers, / then in the age of the gods, my dear, at that great rite, the horse sacrifice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.57) agner janma tathā śrutvā śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ dilīpaṃ yajamānaṃ ye paśyanti susamāhitāḥ satyavantaṃ mahātmānaṃ te 'pi svargajito narāḥ // > Having thus heard of the birth of the fire of the great-souled Śāṇḍilya, / those men who, well-composed, behold Dilīpa the sacrificer, / the truthful, great-souled one, also conquer heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.57x273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.57x273) yajamāno dilīpas tu tadā dṛṣṭo manīṣibhiḥ | > Dilīpa the sacrificer was then seen by the wise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.57x274](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.57x274) yasyāśvamedhāvabhṛthe saha tena divaṃ gatāḥ | > at whose concluding ablution of the horse sacrifice they went to heaven along with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.58) susvadhā nāma pitaraḥ kardamasya prajāpateḥ samutpannasya pulahān mahātmāno dvijarṣabhāḥ // > The ancestors named Susvadhās, \[descendants\] of the Prajāpati Kardama / born from Pulaha, are great-souled bulls among the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.59) lokeṣu divi vartante kāmageṣu vihaṃgamāḥ tāṃs tu vaiśyagaṇās tāta bhāvayanti phalārthinaḥ // > They dwell as birds moving at will in worlds in heaven; / the hosts of vaiśyas, desiring fruits, revere them, my dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.60) teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā virajā nāma viśrutā yayāter jananī brahman mahiṣī nahuṣasya ca // > Their mind-born daughter is renowned by the name Virajā, / the mother of Yayāti, O brahmin, and the queen of Nahuṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.60x275-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.60x275-1) tapasā vā prayatnena dṛśyante māṃ svacakṣuṣā | > By ascetic heat or with effort they are seen with one's own eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.60x275-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.60x275-2) ity ete pitaro devā devāś ca pitaraḥ punaḥ | > Thus these ancestors are gods, and the gods are again ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.61) traya ete gaṇāḥ proktāś caturthaṃ tu nibodha me utpannā ye svadhāyāṃ tu somapā vai kaveḥ sutāḥ // > These three hosts have been spoken of; learn from me the fourth, / who were born in Svadhā, the Somapas, sons of Kavi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.62) hiraṇyagarbhasya sutāḥ śūdrās tān bhāvayanty uta mānasā nāma te lokā yatra vartanti te divi // > The śūdras revere them, the sons of Hiraṇyagarbha; / Mānasas are the names of those worlds in heaven where they dwell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.63) teṣāṃ vai mānasī kanyā narmadā saritāṃ varā yā bhāvayati bhūtāni dakṣiṇāpathagāminī purukutsasya yā patnī trasaddasyor janany api // > Their mind-born daughter is Narmadā, the best of rivers, / who sustains creatures, flowing toward the southern region, / who was the wife of Purukutsa and also the mother of Trasaddasyu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.63x276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.63x276) jananī trasadasyoś ca purukutsaparigrahaḥ | > the mother of Trasadasyu and the wife of Purukutsa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.63x277](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.63x277) purukutsasya sā bhāryā trasaddasyuś ca tatsutaḥ | > she was the wife of Purukutsa, and Trasaddasyu was her son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.64) teṣām athābhyupagamān manus tāta yuge yuge pravartayati śrāddhāni naṣṭe dharme prajāpatiḥ // > Following their approach, my dear, the Prajāpati Manu, / in yuga after yuga, institutes śrāddha rites when dharma is lost, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.65) pitṝṇām ādisargeṇa sarveṣāṃ dvijasattama tasmād enaṃ svadharmeṇa śrāddhadevaṃ vadanti vai // > by the primal creation of all the ancestors, O best of the twice-born; / therefore, according to his own duty, they call him Śrāddhadeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.66) sarveṣāṃ rājataṃ pātram atha vā rajatānvitam dattaṃ svadhāṃ purodhāya śrāddhe prīṇāti vai pitṝn // > A silver vessel, or one adorned with silver, / offered for all, placing svadhā foremost, pleases the ancestors in a śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.67) somasyāpyāyanaṃ kṛtvā vahner vaivasvatasya ca udagāyanam apy agnāv agnyabhāve 'psu vā punaḥ // > Having nourished Soma, Agni, and the son of Vivasvat, / also in the fire during the northern course of the sun, or, in the absence of fire, in water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.67x278-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.67x278-1) ajeṣu tāmravarṇeṣu goṣu vā kapilāsu ca | > or upon copper-colored he-goats, or brown cows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.67x278-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.67x278-2) śṛṅgāmbhaḥpariṣiktāsu snuṣāsu ramaṇīṣu ca | > upon those sprinkled with horn-water, upon lovely daughters-in-law, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.67x278-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.67x278-3) aprajāsu savatsāsu dātavyāḥ śucipiṇḍakāḥ | > upon childless cows or those with calves, pure balls of food must be given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.68) pitṝn prīṇāti yo bhaktyā pitaraḥ prīṇayanti tam yacchanti pitaraḥ puṣṭiṃ prajāś ca vipulās tathā svargam ārogyam evātha yad anyad api cepsitam // > He who pleases the ancestors with devotion, the ancestors please him; / the ancestors bestow nourishment and abundant offspring, / as well as heaven, health, and whatever else is desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.68x279-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.68x279-1) pitaraḥ puṣṭikāmasya prajākāmasya vā punaḥ | > The ancestors, for one desiring nourishment or desiring offspring, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.68x279-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.68x279-2) puṣṭiṃ prajāṃ ca svargaṃ ca prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ | > the grandfathers bestow nourishment, offspring, and heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.68x280-1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.68x280-1) āyur dhanaṃ sukhaṃ caiva svargam ārogyam eva ca | > lifespan, wealth, happiness, heaven, and health. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.68x280-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.68x280-2) dadyuḥ pitāmahāḥ prītyā yad anyad vāpi cepsitam | > The ancestors would bestow with love whatever else is desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.69) devakāryād api mune pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate devatānāṃ hi pitaraḥ pūrvam āpyāyanaṃ smṛtam // > Even beyond the rites for the gods, O sage, the rites for the ancestors are superior; / for the ancestors are remembered as the prior nourishment of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.70) śīghraprasādā hy akrodhā lokasyāpyāyanaṃ param sthiraprasādāś ca sadā tān namasyasva bhārgava // > They are swift to be pleased and free from anger, the supreme nourishment of the world, / and always steadfast in grace; bow down to them, O Bhārgava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.71) pitṛbhakto 'si viprarṣe sadbhaktaś ca na saṃśayaḥ śreyas te 'dya vidhāsyāmi pratyakṣaṃ kuru tat svayam // > You are devoted to the ancestors, O seer among brahmins, and devoted to the good, without doubt. / I shall ordain your highest good today; see it yourself directly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.72) cakṣur divyaṃ savijñānaṃ pradiśāmi ca te 'nagha gatim etām apramatto mārkaṇḍeya niśāmaya // > I grant you divine sight endowed with discernment, O sinless one; / heedful, O Mārkaṇḍeya, behold this destiny. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.73) na hi yogagatir divyā na pitṝṇāṃ parā gatiḥ tvadvidhenāpi siddhena dṛśyate māṃsacakṣuṣā // > For neither the divine path of yoga nor the supreme state of the ancestors / can be seen with the physical eye, even by an accomplished one such as you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.74) evam uktvā sa deveśo mām upasthitam agrataḥ cakṣur dattvā savijñānaṃ devānām api durlabham jagāma gatim iṣṭāṃ vai dvitīyo 'gnir iva jvalan // > Having spoken thus to me standing before him, the lord of gods, / having bestowed sight endowed with discernment rare even for the gods, / went to his desired abode, blazing like a second fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [13.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13.75) tan nibodha kuruśreṣṭha yan mayāsīn niśāmitam prasādāt tasya devasya durjñeyaṃ bhuvi mānuṣaiḥ // > Learn that, O best of Kurus, which was witnessed by me / through the grace of that god, which is hard for mortals on earth to comprehend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.13.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.10.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.1.64.98) — Sanskrit - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.1.58.33) — Sanskrit - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha.13.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.13) · Pramāṇa