Bhagavatapurana 8.13

8.13.1

/0 śrīśuka uvāca
manurvivasvataḥ putraḥ śrāddhadeva iti śrutaḥ /
saptamo vartamāno yastadapatyāni me śṛṇu //

1. Sri Suka said:—The son of Vivasvat, the Manu, is the well-known Sraddhadeva. He is the Seventh and present Manu. Hear of his descendants.

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ikṣvākurnabhagaścaiva dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātireva ca /
nariṣyanto 'tha nābhāgaḥ saptamo diṣṭa ucyate //

2. The sons are Ikshvaku, Nabhaga, Dhrishta, Saryati, Narishyanta, Naabhaga and the seventh is called Dishta.

8.13.3

tarūṣaśca pṛṣadhraśca daśamo vasumān smṛtaḥ /
manorvaivasvatasyaite daśaputrāḥ parantapa //

3. Karusha, Prishadhra, and the tenth is known as Vasumat. These are the ten sons of Vaivaswata Manu, O victorious king.

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ādityā vasavo rudrā viśvedevā marudgaṇāḥ /
aśvināvṛbhavo rājannindrasteṣāṃ purandaraḥ //

4. The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Visvadevas, the family of the Gods, Maruts, Aswins, Ribhava are the Gods, O king, and Indra among them is Purandara.

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kaśyapo 'trirvasiṣṭhaśca viśvāmitro 'tha gautamaḥ /
jamadagnirbharadvāja iti saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ //

5. Kasyapa, Atri, Vasishta, Viswamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Bharadwaja are seven sages known at the time.

8.13.6

atrāpi bhagavajjanma kaśyapādaditerabhūt /
ādityānāmavarajo viṣṇurvāmanarūpadhṛk //

6. During this Manvantara also there has been an Avatara of the Lord Vishnu (in relation to Kasyapa and Aditi) born as the youngest of Aditi's sons, in the form of a dwarf (Vamana).

8.13.7

saṅkṣepato mayoktāni saptamanvantarāṇi te /
bhaviṣyāṇy atha vakṣyāmi viṣṇoḥ śaktyānvitāni ca //

7. I have briefly described to you seven Manvantaras and shall now tell you of the coming Manvantaras with which Vishnu's Avataras are also connected.

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vivasvataśca dve jāye viśvakarmasute ubhe /
saṃjñā chāyā ca rājendra ye prāg abhihite tava //

8. Vivaswat had two wives, both daughters of Viswakarma, namely, Sajna and Chaya of whom, O great king, I have already told you.

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tṛtīyāṃ vaḍavāmeke tāsāṃ saṃjñāsutāstrayaḥ /
yamo yamī śrāddhadevaśchāyāyāśca sutān chṛṇu //

9. Some say that he had a third wife called Badava; of these the children of Sajna are three, Yama, Yami and Sraddhadeva; know also the children of Chaya.

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sāvarṇistapatī kanyā bhāryā saṃvaraṇasya yā /
śanaiścarastṛtīyo 'bhūdaśvinau vaḍavātmajau //

10. Savarni and a daughter Tapati who became the wife of Samvarana and the third son was Sanaischara; and the Aswins are the sons of Badava.

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aṣṭame 'ntara āyāte sāvarṇirbhavitā manuḥ /
nirmokavirajaskādyāḥ sāvarṇitanayā nṛpa //

11. On the advent of the eighth Manvantara Saavarni will be Manu; Nirmoka, Virajaska and others, O king, the sons of Saavarni.

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tatra devāḥ sutapaso virajā amṛtaprabhāḥ /
teṣāṃ virocanasuto balirindro bhaviṣyati //

12. Then the Gods are Sutapas, Virajas and Amritaprabhas, Bali the son of Virochana will become Indra for them.

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dattvemāṃ yācamānāya viṣṇave yaḥ padatrayam /
rāddhamindrapadaṃ hitvā tataḥ siddhimavāpsyati //

13. That Bali bestowed this earth (in the seventh Manvantara) on Vishnu who asked for three feet of ground and eschewing the rich

place of Indra achieved by him will gradually attain realisation.

8.13.14

yo 'sau bhagavatā baddhaḥ prītena sutale punaḥ /
niveśito 'dhike svargādadhunāste svarāḍ iva //

14. That Bali who was bound by the glorious Lord and by the same Lord pleased with him was installed in the region of Sutala surpassing the splendour of Swarga—is still there like the king of the celestial region.

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gālavo dīptimān rāmo droṇaputraḥ kṛpastathā /
ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ pitāsmākaṃ bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ //

15. Galava, the glorious Rama, Drona's son Aswathama, Kripa, Rishya sringa and our father the glorious Badarayana;

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ime saptarṣayastatra bhaviṣyanti svayogataḥ /
idānīmāsate rājan sve sva āśramamaṇḍale //

16. These will be the seven sages then and they are even now practising their yoga, O king, in their respective hermitages.

8.13.17

devaguhyāt sarasvatyāṃ sārvabhauma iti prabhuḥ /
sthānaṃ purandarāddhṛtvā balaye dāsyatīśvaraḥ //

17. The powerful Lord takes an Avatara called Sarvabhauma in relation to Devaguhya and Sarasvati. He snatches the state from Purandara and confers it on Bali.

8.13.18

navamo dakṣasāvarṇirmanurvaruṇasambhavaḥ /
bhūtaketurdīptaketurity ādyāstatsutā nṛpa //

18. The Ninth Manu is Dakshasaavarni born of Varuna; and his sons are Bhutaketu, Deepthakethu and others, O king.

8.13.19

pārāmarīcigarbhādyā devā indro 'dbhutaḥ smṛtaḥ /
dyutimatpramukhāstatra bhaviṣyanty ṛṣayastataḥ //

19. Paras and Marichigarbhas and others are the Gods and Adbhuta was Indra, it is said; Dyutimat and others will then be the seven sages.

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āyuṣmato 'mbudhārāyāmṛṣabho bhagavatkalā /
bhavitā yena saṃrāddhāṃ trilokīṃ bhokṣyate 'dbhutaḥ //

20. Of Ayushmat by Amboodara Rishabha will be born with the Amsa of Hari, and Adbhuta will enjoy the three worlds made prosperous by Him.

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daśamo brahmasāvarṇirupaślokasuto manuḥ /
tatsutā bhūriṣeṇādyā haviṣmat pramukhā dvijāḥ //

21. The tenth Manu is Brahma Saavarni the worthy son of Upasloaka; his sons are Bhoorishena and others; Havishmat and others will be Brahmins (sages).

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haviṣmān sukṛtaḥ satyo jayo mūrtistadā dvijāḥ /
suvāsanaviruddhādyā devāḥ śambhuḥ sureśvaraḥ //

22. Havishman, Sukriti, Satya, Jaya, and Murti are the Brahmins (sages) then; Suvasana, Virudha and others are the Gods; Sambhu is Indra.

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viṣvakseno viṣūcyāṃ tu śambhoḥ sakhyaṃ kariṣyati /
jātaḥ svāṃśena bhagavān gṛhe viśvasṛjo vibhuḥ //

23. Born of Vishuchi, Vishvaksena will make friends with Sambhu; the glorious Lord thus appeared in His own essential form in the house of Prajapati.

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manurvai dharmasāvarṇirekādaśama ātmavān /
anāgatāstatsutāśca satyadharmādayo daśa //

24. The eleventh Manu is Dharmasavarni, possessed of control over his mind; he will have ten sons named Satyadharma and

others.

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vihaṅgamāḥ kāmagamā nirvāṇarucayaḥ surāḥ /
indraśca vaidhṛtasteṣāmṛṣayaścāruṇādayaḥ //

25. Vihangamas, Kamagamas, Nirvanaruchis are the Gods; Vaidhrita is Indra, and for them Aruna and others are the sages.

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āryakasya sutastatra dharmaseturiti smṛtaḥ /
vaidhṛtāyāṃ hareraṃśastrilokīṃ dhārayiṣyati //

26. Then the son of Aryaka, known as Dharmasetu, born of Vaidhrita, with the Amsa of Hari will protect the three worlds.

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bhavitā rudrasāvarṇī rājan dvādaśamo manuḥ /
devavān upadevaśca devaśreṣṭhādayaḥ sutāḥ //

27. The twelfth Manu will be Rudrasavarni, O king, and his sons are Devavan, Upadeva, Devasreshta and others.

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ṛtadhāmā ca tatrendro devāśca haritādayaḥ /
ṛṣayaśca tapomūrtistapasvy āgnīdhrakādayaḥ //

28. Ritadhama will be then Indra; Harita and others the Gods, and the Rishis are Tapomurti, Tapaswi, Agnidhraka and others.

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svadhāmākhyo hareraṃśaḥ sādhayiṣyati tanmanoḥ /
antaraṃ satyasahasaḥ sunṛtāyāḥ suto vibhuḥ //

29. Born as the son of Satyasahas and Sunrita, the powerful Swadhama with an Amsa of Hari will make the period of that Manu very glorious.

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manustrayodaśo bhāvyo devasāvarṇirātmavān /
citrasenavicitrādyā devasāvarṇidehajāḥ //

30. The thirteenth Manu will be Devasavarni, master of his mind; Chitrasena, Vichitra, and others are his sons.

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devāḥ sukarmasutrāma saṃjñā indro divaspatiḥ /
nirmokatattvadarśādyā bhaviṣyanty ṛṣayastadā //

31. The Gods then bear the names of Sukarma, Sutrama, etc. and Divaspati will be Indra; Nirmoka, Tatvadarsa and others will be the seven sages then.

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devahotrasya tanaya upahartā divaspateḥ /
yogeśvaro hareraṃśo bṛhatyāṃ sambhaviṣyati //

32. The son of Devahotra, master of yoga, with an Amsa of Hari will be born of Brihati and become the helper of Divaspati, (the Indra).

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manurvā indrasāvarṇiścaturdaśama eṣyati /
urugambhīrabudhādyā indrasāvarṇivīryajāḥ //

33. The fourteenth Manu will be Indrasavarni; Uru, Gambheerabuddhi and others will be his sons.

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pavitrāścākṣuṣā devāḥ śucirindro bhaviṣyati /
agnirbāhuḥ śuciḥ śuddho māgadhādyāstapasvinaḥ //

34. Pavitras and Chakshusas will be the Gods and Suchi the Indra; Agni, Bahu, Suchi, Suddha, Magadha and others will be the sages.

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satrāyaṇasya tanayo bṛhadbhānustadā hariḥ /
vitānāyāṃ mahārāja kriyātantūn vitāyitā //

35. Then Hari will appear as the son of Satrayana and Vitana and bear the name of Brihatbhanu and, O great king, He will extend the courses of sacrificial duties.

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rājaṃścaturdaśaitāni trikālānugatāni te /
proktāny ebhirmitaḥ kalpo yugasāhasraparyayaḥ //

36. O king, these fourteen Manu periods relating to the past, the present and the future have been described to thee and a Kalpa of a thousand Yugas is measured by these.