Harivamsha 27

English (machine translation) 27

Language: English

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Vaiśaṃpāyana said: / Kausalyā bore to Satvata sons full of vigor: / Bhajina, and Bhajamāna, and king Devāvṛdha, who was like a divine being,

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and the mighty-armed Andhaka, and Vṛṣṇi, the delight of the Yadus. / Theirs are four lineages; hear them here in detail.

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Bhajamāna had two Sṛñjaya wives, Bāhyakā and Upabāhyakā; / from them many sons were born to him.

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Nimi, and Kramaṇa, and Viṣṇu, Śūra, and Puraṃjaya: / these were born to Bhajamāna from Bāhyakā, daughter of Sṛñjaya.

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Ayutājit, Sahasrājit, Śatājit, and Dāsaka: / these were born to Bhajamāna from Upabāhyakā, daughter of Sṛñjaya.

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King Devāvṛdha, a performer of sacrifices, performed vast ascetic heat, / resolved: “May I have a son endowed with all good qualities.”

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Thus devoting himself and touching the water of the Parṇāśā, / as he continually bathed, the river showed her favor to him.

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Overcome by thought, she reached a single firm resolve / on account of the excellence of that king, best among rivers [as she was].

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She could not find that woman in whom such a son / could be born to King Devāvṛdha, endowed with all virtues. / “Therefore, alas, I myself shall become his companion in vows.”

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Then, turning into a young woman possessing supreme beauty, / she chose the king, and that lord desired her.

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In her, the noble-minded king planted a radiant embryo.

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Then, in the tenth month, the best of rivers bore / a son endowed with all good qualities, Babhru, from King Devāvṛdha.

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Those who know the ancient lore sing in the genealogical records, as is renowned, / praising the virtues of the high-souled Devāvṛdha:

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“Just as we heard from afar in the beginning, so we have seen at close hand: / Babhru is the foremost among men, and Devāvṛdha is equal to the gods.

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Sixty and six men, and seven thousands— / these attained immortality through Babhru, son of Devāvṛdha.”

He was a sacrificer, a munificent lord, wise, devoted to the brahmins, with exceedingly steadfast weapons, / renowned, of great luster, and a great car-warrior of the Sātvatas. / His lineage was very great—the Bhojas who dwell in Mṛttikāvatī.

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From Andhaka, the daughter of the king of Kāśi obtained four sons: / Kukura, Bhajamāna, Śami, and Kambalabarhis.

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Kukura’s son was Dhṛṣṇu, and Dhṛṣṇu’s son was likewise / Kapotaroman; then his son was Taittiri; / from him was born Punarvasu, and Abhijit from Punarvasu.

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To that Abhijit, it is said, a pair of children was born: / Āhuka and Āhukī, renowned as the foremost among the famous.

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And here they recite these verses concerning that Āhuka:

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“With a white retinue, tall like a youthful colt, / equipped with eighty shields, Āhuka would not advance as the foremost.

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No one childless, no one who gave less than a hundred [gifts], no one whose weapons were fewer than a hundred thousands, / no one of impure deeds, and no non-sacrificer could walk around that Bhoja.

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In the eastern direction was the joyful shout of that Bhoja's elephants: / ten thousand chariots rumbling like clouds, / equipped with quivers, undercarriages, banners, and protective armor, / and ten thousand [elephants] with silver and gold girths.

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Just as many thousands [stood] likewise in the northern direction; / adorned with tinkling bells, they attended upon their own Bhoja rulers of the earth.”

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And the Andhakas gave their sister Āhukī to the princes of Avanti.

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To Āhuka, by the daughter of the king of Kāśi, two sons were born: / Devaka and Ugrasena, both equal to the offspring of gods.

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Devaka had four sons resembling the thirty [gods]: / Devavat, Upadeva, Sudeva, and Devarakṣita; / and there were seven daughters, whom he gave to Vasudeva:

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Devakī, Śāntidevā, Sudevā, Devarakṣitā, / Vṛkadevī, Upadevī, and the seventh, Sunāmnī.

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Ugrasena had nine sons; the eldest of them was Kaṃsa, / and Nyagrodha, Sunāman, Kaṅku, Śaṅku, Subhūmi, / Rāṣṭrapāla, then Sutanu, and Anādhṛṣṭi the thriving.

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They had five sisters: Kaṃsā, Kaṃsavatī, / Sutanū, Rāṣṭrapālī, and the excellent woman Kaṅkā.

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Thus Ugrasena, born of the Kukura line, has been described along with his offspring.

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A man who remembers this lineage of the Kukuras of immeasurable splendor / obtains an extensive lineage of his own, rich in offspring.

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Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit