Bhagavatapurana 5.15

5.15.1

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śrī-śuka uvāca
bharatasyātmajaḥ sumatir nāmābhihito yam u ha vāva kecit pākhaṇḍina ṛṣabha-padavīm anuvartamānaṃ cānāryā aveda-samāmnātāṃ devatāṃ sva-manīṣayā pāpīyasyā kalau kalpayiṣyanti //

1. Sri Suka said:—Bharata had a son named Sumati; and him indeed, as he followed the path of Rishabha, will some Pakhandas, who are not the Aryans, set up according to their wicked mind, in the age of Kali, as a deity not spoken of in the Vedas.

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tasmād vṛddhasenāyāṃ devatājin-nāma putro 'bhavat //

2. He (Sumati) had by *Vriddhasena* a son called *Devatajit*, (vanquisher of the gods).

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athāsuryāṃ tat-tanayo devadyumnas tato dhenumatyāṃ sutaḥ parameṣṭhī tasya suvarcalāyāṃ pratīha upajātaḥ //

3. Then his son Devadyumna was born of Asuri and he had by Dhenumati a son called Parameshti and Parameshti had by Suvarchala a son by name Pratiha.

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ya ātma-vidyām ākhyāya svayaṃ saṃśuddho mahā-puruṣam anusasmāra //

4. This prince taught the knowledge of Atman (to many) and, thereby becoming completely purified, directly realised the Supreme Person.

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pratīhāt suvarcalāyāṃ pratihartrādayas traya āsann ijyā-kovidāḥ sūnavaḥ pratihartuḥ stutyām aja-bhūmānāv ajaniṣātām //

5. And of Pratiha and Suvarchala three sons were born, Pratiharta and others, all well versed in sacrificial lore; the sons of Pratiharta were Aja and Bhuman.

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bhūmna ṛṣikulyāyām udgīthas tataḥ prastāvo devakulyāyāṃ prastāvān niyutsāyāṃ hṛdayaja āsīd vibhur vibho ratyāṃ ca pṛthuṣeṇas tasmān nakta ākūtyāṃ jajñe naktād druti-putro gayo rājarṣi-pravara udāra-śravā ajāyata sākṣād bhagavato viṣṇor jagad-rirakṣiṣayā gṛhīta-sattvasya kalātmavattvādi-lakṣaṇena mahā-puruṣatāṃ prāptaḥ //

6. Udgitha was born of Bhuman by Rishikulya: on Devakulya Udgitha begot Prasthava. Prasthava had a son called Vibhu by Niyutsa. Vibhu begot Prithushena on Rati, and he had Naktha by Akuthi. Druti bore to Naktha a son called Gaya who was a great saintly king of vast learning, imbued with an Amsa of the glorious Vishnu who appears in satva form for the protection of the world; and he (Gaya) became a great and glorious person as possessed of self-control and other characteristics (of the great).

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sa vai sva-dharmeṇa prajā-pālana-poṣaṇa-prīṇanopalālanānuśāsana-lakṣaṇenejyādinā ca bhagavati mahā-puruṣe parāvare brahmaṇi sarvātmanārpita-paramārtha-lakṣaṇena brahmavic-caraṇānusevayāpādita-bhagavad-bhakti-yogena cābhīkṣṇaśaḥ paribhāvitāti-śuddha-matir uparatānātmya ātmani svayam upalabhyamāna-brahmātmānubhavo 'pi nirabhimāna evāvanim ajūgupat //

7. Keeping to the course of righteous duties (as a king) namely, protection of subjects, providing them with the means of living, delighting them, caressing them and controlling them and also by sacrificial and other righteous acts which he offered in absolute faith to the Most High and glorious Brahman the supreme Person and by worshipping the feet of those that had realised Para Brahman and thus developing the habit of devotion to the glorious Lord, he got his mind purified every moment and in his mind rid of attachment to things other than Atman, (the body and its belongings) he realised the glory of Brahman one with Atman, and still, untouched

by pride he protected the earth.

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tasyemāṃ gāthāṃ pāṇḍaveya purāvida upagāyanti //

8. O Scion of the Pandavas, this story is sung in celebration of his (glories) by the knowers of the past.

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gayaṃ nṛpaḥ kaḥ pratiyāti karmabhir yajvābhimānī bahuvid dharma-goptā /
samāgata-śrīḥ sadasas-patiḥ satāṃ sat-sevako 'nyo bhagavat-kalām ṛte //

9. “Could there be another king who might equal Gaya in respect of righteous acts, however proud he be of his activity, of his extensive learning, or as the defender of righteousness, as one smiled upon by Fortune, as the leading figure in the assembly of the righteous, or as the worshipper of the virtuous, if he is not (imbued with) an Amsa of the glorious Lord (or other than an Avatar of the glorious Lord Himself)?

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yam abhyaṣiñcan parayā mudā satīḥ satyāśiṣo dakṣa-kanyāḥ saridbhiḥ /
yasya prajānāṃ duduhe dharāśiṣo nirāśiṣo guṇa-vatsa-snutodhāḥ //

10. “The chaste daughters of Daksha, whose blessings prove true, installed him in extreme joy sprinkling him (on his head) the waters of sacred rivers; (and) on the subjects of this king who was destitute of desires, the mother earth showered her blessings as if her udder began to flow out at the sight of the calf of his excellence (virtue).

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chandāṃsy akāmasya ca yasya kāmān dudūhur ājahrur atho baliṃ nṛpāḥ /
pratyañcitā yudhi dharmeṇa viprā yadāśiṣāṃ ṣaṣṭham aṃśaṃ paretya //

11. “The Vedas (and the performances enjoined in them) showered all blessings on this king who had himself no desires; the kings who were honoured in battle (by his well-aimed arrows) bore him tributes; also the brahmins who were honoured in his righteous acts assigned to him one-sixth of their merit when they left for the other world.

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yasyādhvare bhagavān adhvarātmā maghoni mādyaty uru-soma-pīthe /
śraddhā-viśuddhācala-bhakti-yoga- samarpitejyā-phalam ājahāra //

12. “When in his (the king’s) sacrifice of extensive Soma drink Indra remained intoxicated, the glorious Lord of sacrifices accepted the fruit (conclusion) of the sacrificial duties offered by him in unswerving devotion absolutely pure by virtue of faith.

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yat-prīṇanād barhiṣi deva-tiryaṅ- manuṣya-vīrut-tṛṇam āviriñcāt /
prīyeta sadyaḥ sa ha viśva-jīvaḥ prītaḥ svayaṃ prītim agād gayasya //

13. "That Supreme Lord by delighting whom in sacrifices the whole world from the four-faced Brahma to the gods, beasts, human beings, creepers, and grass would be at once delighted, who rules all from within and who is Himself blissfulness, thus evidenced his delight and satisfaction at Gaya's performance."

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gayād gayantyāṃ citrarathaḥ sugatir avarodhana iti trayaḥ putrā babhūvuś citrarathād ūrṇāyāṃ samrāḍ ajaniṣṭa tata utkalāyāṃ marīcir marīcer bindumatyāṃ bindum ānudapadyata tasmāt saraghāyāṃ madhur nāmābhavan madhoḥ sumanasi vīravratas tato bhojāyāṃ manthu-pramanthū jajñāte manthoḥ satyāyāṃ bhauvanas tato dūṣaṇāyāṃ tvaṣṭājaniṣṭa tvaṣṭur virocanāyāṃ virajo virajasya śatajit-pravaraṃ putra-śataṃ kanyā ca viṣūcyāṃ kila jātam //

14. By Gayanti, Gaya had three sons, viz., Chitraratha, Sugati and Avarodhana; and Chitraratha begot Samrat on Urna.

15. Of Samrat and Utkala, was born Marichi; of Marichi and Bindumati, Binduman; of him (Binduman) and Saragha Madhu; of Madhu and Sumanasa Viravrata; of this last and Bhoja, Manthu and Pramanthu; of Mantha and Satya was born Bhowvana; and of this last and Dushana was born Thvashta and of Thvashta and Vochana Viraja was born; and Viraja had by Vishuchi a hundred sons Satajit and others and also a daughter.

5.15.15

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praiyavrataṃ vaṃśam imaṃ virajaś caramodbhavaḥ /
akarod aty-alaṃ kīrtyā viṣṇuḥ sura-gaṇaṃ yathā //

16. On this subject is sung this verse:—Viraja, the last born embellished this race of Priyavrata by his (true) glory even as Vishnu does the hosts of the gods.