Harivamsha 7

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Language: English

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Janamejaya said:
O ascetic, proclaim in detail all the manvantaras, / and their original creation, O Vaiśaṃpāyana;

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as many Manus as there are, and for as long a time; / O brahmin, I wish to hear the account of the manvantaras in truth.

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Vaiśaṃpāyana said:
It is not possible to speak in detail even in a hundred years, my dear, / of the manvantaras, O Kauravya; but listen to my summary.

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The Manu Svāyambhuva, my dear; then the Manu Svārociṣa, / Auttama, Tāmasa, Raivata, and Cākṣuṣa; / and Vaivasvata, O Kauravya, is called the present Manu.

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The one named Uttama and Tāmasa and […] were Raivata and Cākṣuṣa.

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and the eighth is Dakṣasāvarṇi, and Dharmasāvarṇi.

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Sāvarṇi, the son of Rudra, will be the eleventh Manu.

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And the Manu Sāvarṇi, my dear, Bhautya, and likewise Raucya, / Raivata, Brahmasāvarṇi, and Sūryasāvarṇi, / and four Merusāvarṇi Manus are remembered.

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Past, present, and also those yet to come / are these Manus proclaimed by me, my dear, according to tradition; / I shall declare their seers, their sons, and their classes of gods.

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Marīci, the blessed Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, / Pulastya, and Vasiṣṭha—these are the seven sons of Brahmā.

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These seven seers abide in the northern quarter, O king; / and the gods named Yāmas were in the Svāyambhuva interval.

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Agnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Medhā, Medhātithi, Vasu, / Jyotiṣmat, Dyutimat, Havya, Savana, and Putra—

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these were the ten mighty sons of the Manu Svāyambhuva. / This has been declared to you, O king, as the first manvantara.

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Aurva, the son of Vasiṣṭha, Stamba, Kāśyapa, / Prāṇa, Bṛhaspati, Datta, Atri, and Cyavana: / these great seers of great vows were proclaimed by Vāyu, my dear.

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And the gods named Tuṣitas are remembered in the Svārociṣa interval: / Havirdhra, Sukṛti, Jyotis, Āpas, Mūrti, Ayasmaya,

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Prathita, Nabhasya, Nabhas, and Sūrya— / these sons of the Manu Svārociṣa, the great-souled one, / of great valor and prowess, are proclaimed, O ruler of the earth.

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This second manvantara has been related by me to you. / Now I will speak of the third; hear it, O ruler of men.

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There were seven sons of Vasiṣṭha, renowned as the Vāsiṣṭhas, / sons of Hiraṇyagarbha, born of Ūrjā, possessing great luster.

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The seers here have been spoken by me; now listen to me as I proclaim / the ten delightful sons born of Auttama, O great king:

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Iṣa, Ūrja, Tanūpa, Madhu, Mādhava, / Śuci, Śukra, Sahas, Nabhasya, and Nabhas; / and the gods there were the Bhānavas. Thus the manvantara is recounted.

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I shall tell you of the fourth manvantara; listen to that: / Kāvya, Pṛthu, Agni, Jahnu, and Dhātṛ, O Bhārata, / Kapīvat and Akapīvat were the seven seers there, O king.

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Their sons and grandsons are proclaimed in the Purāṇa, my dear Bhārata; / and the classes of gods were the Satyas in the interval of the Manu Tāmasa.

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And I will declare the sons of the Manu Tāmasa, O king:

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Dyuti, Tapasya, Sutapas, Tapomūla, Tapodhana, / Taporati, Akalmāṣa, Tanvī, Dhanvī, and Paraṃtapa.

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These ten sons of the Manu Tāmasa, of great strength, / were proclaimed by Vāyu, O great king; and this was the fourth interval.

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Vedabāhu, Yadudhra, the sage Vedaśiras, / Hiraṇyaloman, Parjanya, Ūrdhvabāhu, born of Soma, / and Satyanetra, the Ātreya: these were the other seven seers.

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The gods were remembered as the Abhūtarajases and the Prakṛtis, / along with Pāriplava and Raibhya; this is declared the Manu's interval.

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Now learn of his sons from me as I speak: / Dhṛtimat, Avyaya, Yukta, Tattvadarśin, Nirutsuka,

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Araṇya, Prakāśa, Nirmoha, Satyavāc, and Kṛti / were the sons of the Manu Raivata; and this is the fifth interval.

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I will proclaim to you the sixth; listen to it, O ruler of men: / Bhṛgu, Nabhas, Vivasvat, Sudhāman, and Virajas,

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Atināman, Sahiṣṇu—these seven are the great seers / in the interval of Cākṣuṣa Manu. Hear of these gods, dear friend:

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The Ādyas, the Prabhūtas, the Ṛbhus, and the Pṛthuka celestials, / and the Lekhas, O king of kings—five classes of gods are remembered.

The high-souled sons of the seer Aṅgiras, possessing great splendour, / and the ten renowned sons born of Naḍvalā, O great king, / Uru and the rest, O king: this is remembered as the sixth manvantara.

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The sixth manvantara has been told; now learn of the seventh from me.

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Atri, the venerable Vasiṣṭha, and Kaśyapa the great seer, / Gautama, then Bharadvāja, and likewise Viśvāmitra,

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and likewise the venerable son of high-souled Ṛcīka, / Jamadagni as the seventh—these seers are now in heaven.

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The Sādhyas, the Rudras, the Viśves, the Vasus, and likewise the Maruts, / the Ādityas, and the two Aśvins are remembered as the gods of Vaivasvata.

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These exist in the present interval of Vaivasvata Manu; / and the ten high-souled sons headed by Ikṣvāku

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were born of Manu in all quarters, O Bhārata.

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The sons and grandsons of these recited great seers / of great splendour [were born] in all quarters, O Bhārata.

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In all manvantaras, forty-nine seers stand toward the eastern direction / to maintain dharma and to protect the world.

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When a manvantara has passed, four groups of seven, / having performed their work, go to heaven, to the unblemished world of Brahmā.

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Then others endowed with ascetic heat fill that place, / both past and present, in this sequence, O Bhārata.

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These seven past manvantaras have all been spoken to you, / O Kauravya, O Bhārata; now learn of the future ones from me.

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The Sāvarṇa Manus are five, dear friend; learn of them from me: / one is the son of Vivasvat, and four are the sons of Prajāpati Parameṣṭhin, / who attained the state of Merusāvarṇi, dear friend.

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For these daughters' sons of Dakṣa are the sons of Priyā, O king, / endowed with great ascetic heat, possessing great splendour on the ridge of Meru.

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The son of the Prajāpati Ruci is remembered as the Manu named Raucya; / and the son produced on the goddess Bhūti is Ruci's son named Bhautya. / These seven are remembered as the future Manus in this world.

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And seven future great seers are remembered in heaven; / having reached the interval of Manu Sāvarṇa, hear of them here:

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Rāma, Vyāsa, and the son of Atri, radiant and highly learned; / Bharadvāja's son, and Droṇa's son, Aśvatthāman of great splendor;

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and the son of Gotama, Gautama named Śaradvant; / the son of Kuśika, Gālava, and Ruru the descendant of Kaśyapa— / these seven high-souled ones will be the best of munis.

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Three qualities of the gods were spoken of there by the Self-born.

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They are the sons of Marīci's son, the high-souled Kaśyapa.

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Equal to Brahmā, these blessed ones are remembered as the seven seers,

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by noble birth, by ascetic heat, and by the analysis of mantras.

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Established in the world of Brahmā, the spotless brahmin seers are remembered:

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those who have directly understood the knowledge of past, present, and future,

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who are renowned through ascetic heat, united, reflective,

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and who, through the analysis of mantras and through sovereignty, are entirely so.

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When a twice-born knows these [seers] to be maintained, and their steadfast practices and names,

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these seven are remembered as the seven seers by seven qualities:

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long-lived, mantra-makers, lords, long-sighted,

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directly perceiving dharma through wisdom, and founders of gotras.

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In all the yuga-designations beginning with Kṛta, again and again,

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they set in motion the social classes and the stages of life everywhere, / the fortunate seven seers dedicated to truth and dharma.

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Those born in their lineages are indeed born again and again,

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as authors of mantras and brāhmaṇas, whenever dharma becomes lax.

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And because these seven are grantors of boons, and higher than others,

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neither time nor age is a standard in becoming a seer.

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This summary of the seven seers has been explained to you by me, O king.

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Hear of the future sons of Manu Sāvarṇa, O best of men:

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Because they are self-luminous through lineage and have awakened by themselves,

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and because they recite the brahman, they are remembered as brahmin seers.

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Varīyas and Avarīyas, Saṃmata, Dhṛtiman, Vasu,

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Cariṣṇu, Āḍhya, and Dhṛṣṇu, Vājin, and Sumati— / these ten will be the sons of Manu Sāvarṇa, O Bhārata.

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Hear of those like [the Manus] in forbearance who are to come, O king, O Bhārata.

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By reciting these [names] upon rising at dawn, a person prospers in happiness, / attains exceedingly great fame, and becomes long-lived. / In the fourteenth future Manu: Uragambhīrabudhnaka, / the Cākṣuṣa sons and gods, and the ascetics headed by Śukra— / a person who always [recites the names] of past and future great seers,

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five classes of gods are declared [there], O bull of the Bharatas:

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Taraṃgabhīru, Vapra, Tarasvin, and Ugra,

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Abhimānin, Pravīra, Jiṣṇu, and Saṃkrandana,

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Tejasvin, and Sabala—these are the sons of Bhautya Manu.

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And when the authority of Bhautya is fulfilled, the kalpa is completed.

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Thus these future and past Manus have been recited by me;

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having bowed to them, a brahmin conquers heaven, there is no doubt of this;

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a kṣatriya conquers enemies, and a vaiśya and a śūdra attain what they desire.

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By them, dear friend, this earth with its oceans and cities / is protected on every side in its proper regions even today; / for a complete thousand yugas it is to be protected by rulers of men, / by subjects, through ascetic heat, and continually at the end of dissolution.

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