Agnipurana 273
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273.1
Agni said:
I shall proclaim the Lunar Dynasty, which destroys sins when recited: / Brahmā was born from Viṣṇu's navel-lotus; Brahmā's son was Atri; from Atri [arose] Soma.
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Soma performed the rājasūya sacrifice and gave the three worlds as the sacrificial fee. / When the concluding ablution was completed, desirous of beholding his form,
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Their limbs tormented by the arrows of love, divine wives attended upon Soma: / Lakṣmī abandoning Nārāyaṇa, and Sinīvālī [abandoning] Kardama,
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Dyuti abandoning Vibhāvasu, Puṣṭi [abandoning] the imperishable Dhātṛ, / Prabhā abandoning Prabhākara, Kuhū herself [abandoning] Haviṣmat,
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Kīrti [abandoning] her husband Jayanta, Vasu [abandoning] Kaśyapa son of Marīci, / Dhṛti abandoning her husband Nandī—they all resorted to Soma at that time.
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Soma too desired them then, as though they were his own wives. / Though he had thus committed transgression, the assembly of their husbands then
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Were unable to harm him by curses, weapons, or other means, / for he had attained singular lordship over the seven worlds by his ascetic austerity.
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His intellect wandered astray, ruined by misconduct away from propriety. / The illustrious wife of Bṛhaspati, named Tārā,
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Soma forcibly abducted, slighting the son of Aṅgiras. / Then there arose that great war, renowned as Tārakāmaya,
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1. 'na śaśākāpakārāya' according to manuscript ña..
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Between the gods and demons, causing the great destruction of worlds. / Brahmā, having restrained Uśanas, gave Tārā back to the son of Aṅgiras.
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Seeing her pregnant, Guru said: 'Cast out the child!' / Cast out, the radiant fetus then said: 'I am Soma's son.'
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Thus Budha was born as a son to Soma; his son was Purūravas. / Abandoning heaven, that apsaras Urvaśī chose him [as husband].
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With her the king lived for ten years and five, / and five, six, seven, and eight, and ten and eight, O great sage.
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Formerly there was one fire; by him the threefold sacrificial fire was instituted. / Devoted to yoga, Purūravas went to the world of the Gandharvas.
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Āyus, Dṛḍhāyus, Aśvāyus, Dhanāyus, Dhṛtimat, Vasu, / Divijāta, and Śatāyus—Urvaśī gave birth to these kings.
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The sons of Āyus were Nahuṣa, Vṛddhaśarman, as well as Raji, / Darbha, and Vipāpman—five like the sacred fires. Raji indeed had a hundred sons,
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Known as the Rājeyas. Raji received a boon from Viṣṇu; / solicited by the gods, he slew the Daityas in the war between gods and demons.
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Having granted sonship to Indra when his life was spent, he went to heaven. / Then Indra's kingdom was seized by the sons of Raji, and Śakra was deeply dejected.
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Guru restored it to Indra through rites such as the pacification of planets; / having deluded the sons of Raji, they fell away from their own proper duty.
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Nahuṣa had seven sons: Yati, the excellent Yayāti, / Udbhava, Pañcaka, and Śaryāti and Meghapālaka.
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[Footnote]
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1 'pañcāgnyaḥ' in ja.. / 'pañcāgnyam' in ña..
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Yati, even in boyhood, meditating on Viṣṇu, attained Hari. / Devayānī, daughter of Śakra, then became the wife of Yayāti.
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Śarmiṣṭhā was the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan. Yayāti had five sons from them: / Devayānī gave birth to Yadu and Turvasu,
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And Śarmiṣṭhā, daughter of Vṛṣaparvan, [gave birth to] Druhyu, Anu, and Pūru. / Yadu and Pūru became the increasers of their lineages.
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Thus ends the two hundred and seventy-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Lunar Dynasty', in the great Agni Purāṇa.
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Now begins the two hundred and seventy-fourth chapter:
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Description of the Yadu Dynasty
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