Harivamsha 26

English (machine translation) 26

Language: English

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Vaiśaṃpāyana said: / The son of Kroṣṭu was Vṛjinīvat of great renown. / They consider Svāhi, best of those who offer with svāhā, to be the son of Vṛjinīvat.

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Svāhi's son was King Ruṣadgu, the best of speakers, / who sacrificed with great sacrifices of diverse kinds accompanied by generous fees.

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Desiring a hundred offspring, Ruṣadgu obtained an eminent son; / his son Citraratha was endowed with wondrous deeds.

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The son of Citraratha was the heroic Śaśabindu, a sacrificer with lavish gifts, / who followed the supreme conduct of royal seers.

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The son born of Śaśabindu was King Pṛthuśravas of vast fame; / and those knowledgeable in ancient lore praise Antara, the son of Pṛthuśravas.

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The son of Antara was Suyajña, and Suyajña's son was / Uśat, the best of those who perform their own dharma, devoted to every sacrifice.

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Endeavouring, the righteous one became the best of those with sons.

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The son of Uśat was Śineyu, the scorcher of foes; / his son was Marutta, a king who was a royal seer.

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Marutta obtained his eldest son, Kambalabarhiṣ; / knowing the state after death, out of dispassion he practiced the supreme dharma.

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Desiring a hundred offspring, Kambalabarhiṣ had a son; / Rukmakavaca became his son from among that hundredfold progeny.

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Having slain in battle a hundred armoured archers / with sharp arrows, Rukmakavaca attained supreme glory.

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From Rukmakavaca was born Parājit, slayer of enemy heroes; / and five sons of great prowess were born to Parājit: / Rukmeṣu, Pṛthurukma, Jyāmagha, Pālita, and Hari.

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The father gave Pālita and Hari to the Videhas; / Rukmeṣu became king, and Pṛthurukma was settled beside him. / Banished from the kingdom by the two, Jyāmagha lived in a hermitage.

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Calm, living in the forest, he was instructed by a brahmin; / mounting his chariot, standard raised, the car-warrior set out for another land.

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Alone on the banks of the Narmadā, having conquered the Narmadā, Mṛttikāvatī, / and Mount Ṛkṣavat, he dwelt on the Śuktimatī.

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Jyāmagha had a faithful wife, Caitrā, who had grown old; / although childless, that king did not take another wife.

He gained victory in battle, and there he won a maiden; / placing her on his chariot, she was brought to the women's quarters as a wife. / Seeing her, Śaibyā, enraged, spoke this to her husband: / 'Why has this ill-behaved co-wife been brought for me?' / Out of great fear, the lord of men spoke to his wife: 'She is a daughter-in-law.'

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Hearing this, she said to him: 'Whose daughter-in-law is she? / For you have no son born, nor do you have another wife, O sinless one. / By which son of yours is this word of relationship, "daughter-in-law", meant?' / Hearing that, Jyāmagha, the best of kings, / seized with fear, said: 'She is the wife of that son who will be born to you.'

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Through severe ascetic heat for the sake of that maiden, she gave birth; / Caitrā, the faithful, aged, fortunate woman, bore Vidarbha as a son.

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Upon that princess, the daughter-in-law, Vidarbha later / begot two wise sons, Kratha and Kaiśika, heroes skilled in battle,

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and Lomapāda, a third son, who was supremely righteous.

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Lomapāda's son was Babhru, and Āhvati was his son.

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The son of Āhvati was Kaiśika, wise and supremely righteous.

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The son of Kaiśika was Cidi; from him the Caidya kings are remembered.

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Bhīma was the son of Vidarbha; Kunti was his son. / To Kunti was born the son Dhṛṣṭa, daring in battle and glorious.

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To Dhṛṣṭa were born three heroic, supremely righteous sons: / Āvanta, Daśārha, and the mighty Viṣṇuhara.

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The son of Daśārha was Vyoman; the wise Jīmūta is spoken of [next]. / Jīmūta's son was Vṛkati; his son was Bhīmaratha.

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Then Bhīmaratha had a son, Navaratha; / and he had Daśaratha, and Śakuni was his son.

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From him came Karambha; the son of Karambha was King Devarāta. / Devakṣatra was born to that great-souled son of Devarāta.

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Like the child of a god, the son of Devakṣatra was born: / King Madhu, the founder of the lineage of the Madhus, who was sweet-spoken as well.

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From Madhu, however, by the daughter of Vidarbha was born Purutvat, the best of men; / and Maruvasa was likewise his son. / Maruvasa had a son; / and then, O scion of Kuru, a mother was born from the daughter of Vidarbha, Bhadravatī.

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And an Aikṣvākī was his wife; from that mother was born [a son], / endowed with all living virtues, who increased the renown of the Sātvatas,

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wherein the Sātvatas were endowed with good qualities and enlarged their lineage.

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Knowing this lineage of the high-souled Jyāmagha, / a man is united with supreme joy and becomes rich in offspring.

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Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit