Harivamsha 24
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24.1
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
gāndhārī caiva mādrī ca kroṣṭor bhārye babhūvatuḥ
gāndhārī janayām āsa anamitraṃ mahābalam
24.2
mādrī yudhājitaṃ putraṃ tato vai devamīḍhuṣam
teṣāṃ vaṃśas tridhā bhūto vṛṣṇīnāṃ kulavardhanaḥ
24.3
mādryāḥ putrau tu jajñāte śrutau vṛṣṇyandhakāv ubhau
jajñāte tanayau vṛṣṇeḥ śvaphalkaś citrakas tathā
24.4
śvaphalkas tu mahārāja dharmātmā yatra vartate
nāsti vyādhibhayaṃ tatra nāvarṣabhayam apyuta
24.5
kadā cit kāśirājasya vibhor bharatasattama
trīṇi varṣāṇi viṣaye nāvarṣat pākaśāsanaḥ
24.6
sa tatra vāsayām āsa śvaphalkaṃ paramārcitam
śvaphalkaparivarte ca vavarṣa harivāhanaḥ
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sā mātur udarasthā tu bahūnvarṣagaṇān kila
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nivasantī na vai jajñe garbhasthāṃ tāṃ pitābravīt
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jāyasva śīghraṃ bhadraṃ te kimartham iha tiṣṭhasi
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provāca cainaṃ garbhasthā kanyā gāṃ ca dine dine
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yadi dadyāṃ tato 'dyāhaṃ jāyayiṣyāmi tāṃ pitā
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tathety uvāca taṃ cāsyāḥ pitā kāmam apūrayat
24.7
śvaphalkaḥ kāśirājasya sutāṃ bhāryām avindata
gāndinīṃ nāma sā gāṃ tu dadau vipreṣu nityaśaḥ
24.8
dātā yajvā ca dhīraś ca śrutavān atithipriyaḥ
akrūraḥ suṣuve tasmāc chvaphalkād bhūridakṣiṇaḥ
24.9
upamadgus tathā madgur mṛdaraś cārimejayaḥ
arikṣepas tathopekṣaḥ śatrughno 'thārimardanaḥ
24.10
carmabhṛd yudhivarmā ca gṛdhramojās tathāntakaḥ
āvāhaprativāhau ca sundarā ca varāṅganā
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viśrutā sāmbamahiṣī kanyā cāsyapunarnavā
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rūpayauvanasaṃpannā sarvabhūtamanoharā
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akrūrāt kāśikanyāyāṃ satyaketur ajāyata
24.11
akrūreṇaugrasenyāṃ tu sugātryāṃ kurunandana
prasenaś copadevaś ca jajñāte devavarcasau
24.12
citrakasyābhavan putrāḥ pṛthur vipṛthur eva ca
aśvagrīvo 'śvabāhuś ca supārśvakagaveṣaṇau
24.13
ariṣṭanemir aśvaś ca sudharmā dharmabhṛt tathā
subāhur bahubāhuś ca śraviṣṭhāśravaṇe striyau
24.14
aśmakyāṃ janayām āsa śūraṃ vai devamīḍhuṣam
mahiṣyāṃ jajñire śūrād bhojyāyāṃ puruṣā daśa
24.15
vasudevo mahābāhuḥ pūrvam ānakadundubhiḥ
jajñe yasya prasūtasya dundubhyaḥ prāṇadan divi
24.16
ānakānāṃ ca saṃhrādaḥ sumahān abhavad divi
papāta puṣpavarṣaṃ ca śūrasya bhavane mahat
24.17
In the entire world of men on earth there was no one equal [to him] in beauty, / that foremost of men, whose splendor was like the moon's.
24.18
From him Devabhāga was born, and then again Devaśravas, / Anādhṛṣṭi, Kanavaka, Vatsavat, and then Gṛñjima,
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Śyāma, Śamīka, and Gaṇḍūṣa; and he had five excellent women: / Pṛthukīrti, Pṛthā, Śrutadevā, Śrutaśravā, / and Rājādhidevī—these five were mothers of heroes.
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Kunti chose Pṛthā as his daughter, O delight of the Kurus.
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Śūra gave her to the venerable elderly Kuntibhoja.
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Therefore Pṛthā, the daughter of Kuntibhoja, became renowned as Kuntī.
24.20
King Agṛdhnu of the Kunti lineage begot [sons] upon Śrutadevā. / Upon Śrutadevī, the king of Kekaya begot five spotless sons, / headed by Sutardana, O descendant of Bharata. / Rājādhidevī, O best of kings, gave birth to two most righteous sons, / Vinda and Anuvinda of Avanti, O bull of the Bharatas. / And upon Śrutaśravā, the king of Cedi [fathered] the mighty Śiśupāla,
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who was indeed slain at the Rājasūya by the high-souled Kṛṣṇa.
24.21
He who formerly was Hiraṇyakaśipu, the king of the Daityas, / was born upon Pṛthukīrti as the son of Vṛddhaśarman,
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the hero Dantavaktra of great strength, lord of the Karūṣas. / Pṛthā was made the daughter of the Kunti king; Pāṇḍu married her.
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Upon her that righteous king Yudhiṣṭhira was born from Dharma, / and Bhīmasena from the Wind, and Dhanañjaya from Indra, / a hero without an equal charioteer in the world, equal in prowess to Śakra.
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From Anamitra, the youngest delight of the Vṛṣṇis, Śani was born; / from him came Śini's descendant Satyaka, and Yuyudhāna was Sātyaki.
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Asaṅga was the son of Yuyudhāna, and Bhūmi was his son.
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Yugaṃdhara was the son of Bhūmi; thus the lineage is concluded.
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Uddhava was the illustrious son of Devabhāga; / they speak of Uddhava, son of Devaśravas, as the foremost of the wise.
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Devaśravas obtained a son named Paṇḍita, O best of kings.
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Aśmakī bore the glorious offspring Anādhṛṣṭi; / Śrutadevā gave birth to Nivṛttaśatru and Śatrughna.
24.27
The son born of Śrutadevā is renowned as the Niṣāda; / the Niṣāda from Śrutadeva is he whom we have heard of, / O great king: Ekalavya, who was raised by the Niṣādas.
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Vasudeva had a majestic son, Vāsudeva.
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To the childless Vatsavat, the majestic Vasudeva, / the descendant of Śūra, gave with water his heroic legitimate son Kauśika.
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The descendant of Śūra gave his own son, a youth of boundless power.
24.29
To the childless Gaṇḍūṣa, Viṣvaksena gave sons: / Cārudeṣṇa, Sucāru, and Pañcāla who bore noble marks,
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the hero who never turned back without a battle, / Rukmiṇī's son, large-armed and younger, O bull of the Bharatas,
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whom thousands of crows followed behind as he marched, / thinking, 'Today we will consume the lovely [corpses] slain by Cārudeṣṇa!'
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Tantrija and Tantripāla were the two sons of Kanavaka; / and Vīra and Aśvahanu were two heroes born to Gṛñjima.
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Sumitra was Śyāma's son; and Śamīka held the kingdom. / Despising [himself] because of being a Bhoja, he performed the Rājasūya; / born to him was Ajātaśatru, the destroyer of foes.
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Now I shall proclaim the sons of Vasudeva; listen to them!
24.35
This threefold, many-branched, mighty [lineage] of Vṛṣṇi / is not recounted in full detail because it is not relevant to the present subject; / one who retains this extensive lineage is not beset by misfortunes in this world.
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- Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit