Harivamsha 4
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Vaiśaṃpāyana said:
Having consecrated Pṛthu, the son of Vena, in supreme sovereignty,
the Grandfather then began to assign kingdoms in order.
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He consecrated Soma in sovereignty over the twice-born and plants,
as well as asterisms and planets,
and over sacrifices and ascetic heat.
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And [he appointed] Varuṇa to the sovereignty over waters, Vaiśravaṇa as lord of kings,
and he gave Āṅgirasa Bṛhaspati as lord of all;
and he consecrated Kāvya in sovereignty as lord of the Bhṛgus,
and likewise Viṣṇu over the Ādityas, and Pāvaka over the Vasus,
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and Dakṣa over the Prajāpatis, and Vāsava over the Maruts,
and Prahlāda of boundless vigor over the daityas and dānavas;
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and he consecrated Vaivasvata Yama in sovereignty over the ancestors,
and [overlords] of mothers, vows, mantras, and cows,
of yakṣas and rākṣasas, and of earthly lords as well,
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and Nārāyaṇa over the Sādhyas, and the bull-bannered one over the Rudras.
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And he appointed Vipracitti as king of the Dānavas;
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the trident-bearing Lord of the Mountains over all beings and piśācas, / Himavat over the mountains, and the ocean over rivers;
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over fragrances, the winds, and bodiless spirits;
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and over those having sound and space, Vāyu, the best of the strong;
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the Lord made Citraratha sovereign of the gandharvas, / Vāsuki of the nāgas, and Takṣaka of the serpents;
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and he appointed Airāvata as king of elephants, / Uccaiḥśravas of horses, and Garuḍa of birds;
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the tiger over wild beasts, and the bull over cattle, / and he consecrated the plakṣa as king over trees;
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over the oceans, the rivers, and the raining of clouds,
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he consecrated Parjanya as sovereign among the Ādityas;
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he consecrated Śeṣa as king of all fanged creatures;
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and Takṣaka as king of crawling serpents;
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and Kāmadeva was made lord of all the hosts of apsarases;
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over the seasons, the months, and likewise the days,
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the fortnights, the nights, the muhūrtas, tithis, and conjunctions,
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the measures of kalās and kāṣṭhās, the movement of the two solstices,
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reckoning, and yoga, he made the Year the lord.
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Having thus divided the realms in order, the Grandfather / then established guardians of the directions, O Bhārata:
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in the eastern direction, he consecrated as king and guardian of the quarter / Sudhanvan, the son of the Prajāpati Vairāja;
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in the southern, he consecrated the great-souled son / of the Prajāpati Kardama, named Śaṅkhapad, as king;
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likewise in the western direction, he consecrated as king / the imperishable and great-souled Ketumant, the son of Rajas;
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and in the northern direction, he consecrated as king / the invincible Hiraṇyaloman, son of the Prajāpati Parjanya.
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By them this entire earth with its seven continents and cities, / with mountains and forests, / with oceans and rivers, / is ruled righteously even today according to its regions;
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and Pṛthu was consecrated in the Rājasūya by these rulers of men, / kings according to the rule prescribed in the Veda, to royal sovereignty.
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Then, when the manvantara of Cākṣuṣa of immeasurable splendor had passed, / he assigned the sovereignty of the earth to Manu Vaivasvata.
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I shall relate the full account of that Manu Vaivasvata, / with your favor, O king of kings, if you wish to hear it, O sinless one; / for this is a great foundation established in the purāṇa,
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meritorious, fame-yielding, life-giving, heaven-granting, and auspicious.
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Janamejaya said: / Tell in detail the birth of Pṛthu, O Vaiśaṃpāyana, / and how this earth was milked by that great-souled one.
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and how she was milked by the ancestors, by the gods, by the seers, / by the Daityas, by the Nāgas, by the Yakṣas, by the trees,
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by the mountains, by the Piśācas, by the Gandharvas and the best of the twice-born,
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and how the earth was milked by the Rākṣasas of great power.
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Recount their specific vessels, Vaiśaṃpāyana, / and their calves and specific milks, all in proper order.
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And the reason for which Vena's arm was churned of old / by the enraged great seers, dear friend, recount that reason too.
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Vaiśaṃpāyana said:
Come, I shall tell you of the birth of Pṛthu, son of Vena, / [as you are] focused, restrained, and eager to listen, Janamejaya.
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I would not recount it to an impure person, one of petty mind, / an unworthy disciple, one without vows, an ungrateful man, or an enemy, O king.
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Securing heaven, bringing fame, giving long life, auspicious, equal to the Veda, / a secret taught by the seers: hear it, O king, as it truly is.
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And whoever should constantly recount this birth of Pṛthu, son of Vena, / having bowed to the brahmins, will not grieve over deeds done or undone.
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- Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit