Bhagavatapurana 9.21: athaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

9.21.1

/0 śrīśuka uvāca
vitathasya sutān manyorbṛhatkṣatro jayastataḥ /
mahāvīryo naro gargaḥ saṅkṛtistu narātmajaḥ //

Śrī Śuka said:
The sons of Vitatha were Manyu; then from Manyu came Bṛhatkṣatra, Jaya, / Mahāvīrya, Nara, and Garga; and Saṅkṛti was Nara's son.

1. Sri Suka said:— Vitatha’s son was Manyu who had five sons, namely, Bhritakshatra, Jaya, Mahavirya, Nara and Garga and Nara’s son was Sangati (Sankriti).

9.21.2

guruśca rantidevaśca saṅkṛteḥ pāṇḍunandana /
rantidevasya mahimā ihāmutra ca gīyate //

Guru and Rantideva were sons of Saṅkṛti, O son of Pāṇḍu; / the greatness of Rantideva is sung both here and in the hereafter.

2. Guru and Rantideva were born of Sankriti, O joy of Pandus! and the glory of Rantideva is sung here and there (in the higher world).

9.21.3

viyadvittasya dadato labdhaṃ labdhaṃ bubhukṣataḥ /
niṣkiñcanasya dhīrasya sakuṭumbasya sīdataḥ //

Though his wealth was like the sky, giving away whatever he obtained even while desiring food, / penniless, steadfast, he suffered hardship together with his family.

3. & 4. As he gave away at once the wealth which he got without any effort (as if it were the commonplace), seeing it is transient, though he was himself hungry and, thus being penniless and suffering hardship with his family and yet full of fortitude, forty-eight days passed, during which he did not drink even water or eat of butter, and other preparations brought to him in the morning.

9.21.4

vyatīyuraṣṭacatvāriṃśadahānyapibataḥ kila /
ghṛtapāyasasaṃyāvaṃ toyaṃ prātarupasthitam //

Forty-eight days passed while he did not even drink water; / in the morning, food prepared with ghee, milk-rice, porridge, and water arrived.

9.21.5

kṛcchraprāptakuṭumbasya kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ jātavepathoḥ /
atithirbrāhmaṇaḥ kāle bhoktukāmasya cāgamat //

While his family was plunged in hardship and trembling with hunger and thirst, / just as he was about to eat, a brāhmaṇa guest arrived at that time.

5. Just when with his family in sheer distress he was shivering with hunger and thirst and was about to break his fast, a brahmin guest came up to him (at the time).

9.21.6

tasmai saṃvyabhajat so 'nnamādṛtya śraddhayānvitaḥ /
hariṃ sarvatra sampaśyan sa bhuktvā prayayau dvijaḥ //

Treating him with honor and endowed with faith, he distributed food to him, / seeing Hari everywhere; having eaten, the twice-born departed.

6. He welcomed the guest and gave him the food with faith and willingness, for he saw Hari everywhere; and the brahmin ate and went away.

9.21.7

athānyo bhokṣyamāṇasya vibhaktasya mahīpateḥ /
vibhaktaṃ vyabhajat tasmai vṛṣalāya hariṃ smaran //

Then, as the king divided the remainder and was about to eat, / another [guest], a śūdra, arrived, and he gave him a share while remembering Hari.

7. Next when he was going to partake of the remainder, O king, another guest came in: contemplating Hari the king gave a portion of it to the second guest who was a Sudra.

9.21.8

yāte śūdre tamanyo 'gādatithiḥ śvabhirāvṛtaḥ /
rājan me dīyatāmannaṃ sagaṇāya bubhukṣate //

When the śūdra had gone, another guest came, surrounded by dogs: / "O king, give food to me and my pack, for we are hungry!"

8. When the Sudra was gone, another guest came in, surrounded by hunting dogs and said, 'O king, give food to me and my followers who are all hungry'.

9.21.9

sa ādṛtyāvaśiṣṭaṃ yadbahumānapuraskṛtam /
tac ca dattvā namaścakre śvabhyaḥ śvapataye vibhuḥ //

Respectfully offering what remained, with high honor, / the noble king gave that too and bowed down to the dogs and the keeper of dogs.

9. The king received them kindly and respectfully, gave them what remained and bowed to the hounds and to the master of the hounds.

9.21.10

pānīyamātramuccheṣaṃ tac caikaparitarpaṇam /
pāsyataḥ pulkaso 'bhyāgādapo dehyaśubhāya me //

Only water remained, and that was just enough to satisfy one person; / as he was about to drink, an outcaste came: "Give water to an impure man like me!"

10. & 11. There was but some water left and it was sufficient only for one. When he was about to drink it a Pulkasa (chandala) came in, "please, give me water though I am not a pure creature", Hearing that pitiful request indicating great fatigue and overcome with pity, he spoke these nectar-like words.

9.21.11

tasya tāṃ karuṇāṃ vācaṃ niśamya vipulaśramām /
kṛpayā bhṛśasantapta idamāhāmṛtaṃ vacaḥ //

Hearing his pathetic words, indicative of immense exhaustion, / he was deeply moved with compassion and spoke these nectar-like words:

9.21.12

na kāmaye 'haṃ gatimīśvarāt parām aṣṭarddhiyuktāmapunarbhavaṃ vā /
ārtiṃ prapadye 'khiladehabhājām antaḥsthito yena bhavantyaduḥkhāḥ //

"I do not desire from the Lord the supreme station endowed with the eight mystic perfections, nor even freedom from rebirth; / I take upon myself the affliction of all embodied beings, dwelling within them so that they may become free from sorrow.

12. "I do not seek from the Supreme Lord Moksha attended with the attainment of eight powers or even the absolute release. I would like to be present in all beings and undergo the sufferings for them, so that they may become free from misery.

9.21.13

kṣuttṛṭśramo gātraparibhramaśca dainyaṃ klamaḥ śokaviṣādamohāḥ /
sarve nivṛttāḥ kṛpaṇasya jantor jijīviṣorjīvajalārpaṇān me //

Hunger, thirst, exhaustion, trembling of the body, misery, / fatigue, grief, despondency, and delusion—all have departed from this wretched creature who desires to live, through my offering of life-giving water."

13. Hunger, thirst, fatigue, loss of strength in my limbs, distress, languor, grief, disappointment, delusion-all these states of my helpless self have disappeared by giving water to one that was eager to support his life.

9.21.14

iti prabhāṣya pānīyaṃ mriyamāṇaḥ pipāsayā /
pulkasāyādadāddhīro nisargakaruṇo nṛpaḥ //

Having spoken thus, the steadfast king, naturally compassionate, / gave the water to the outcaste, though dying of thirst himself.

14. Having thus spoken, the heroic king, who was almost losing his life through thirst and naturally full of mercy, gave it to the chandala.

9.21.15

tasya tribhuvanādhīśāḥ phaladāḥ phalamicchatām /
ātmānaṃ darśayāṃ cakrurmāyā viṣṇuvinirmitāḥ //

The rulers of the three worlds, who bestow rewards on those who seek them, / revealed their true forms to him, having assumed illusory shapes created by Viṣṇu.

15. The Rulers of the three worlds, who bestow fruits on those that desire them, revealed themselves unto him, and made him understand that they had come in the said illusory forms under the direction of Vishnu.

9.21.16

sa vai tebhyo namaskṛtya niḥsaṅgo vigataspṛhaḥ /
vāsudeve bhagavati bhaktyā cakre manaḥ param //

Bowing to them, free from attachment and devoid of desire, / he fixed his supreme mind on the Lord Vāsudeva with devotion.

16. The king free from all attachments and desires, bowed to them and with devotion to Lord Vasudeva, bowed to Him (present in them all) and did not ask of them any boon.

9.21.17

īśvarālambanaṃ cittaṃ kurvato 'nanyarādhasaḥ /
māyā guṇamayī rājan svapnavat pratyalīyata //

As he fixed his mind solely upon the Lord without pursuing any other goal, / the illusion consisting of the gunas dissolved away like a dream, O king.

17. In the case of that king who rested his heart on the Supreme Lord and courted no other fruit, the Maya produced by the three gunas vanished, O king, like a dream.

9.21.18

tatprasaṅgānubhāvena rantidevānuvartinaḥ /
abhavan yoginaḥ sarve nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ //

By the power of his association, all those who followed Rantideva / became yogis, wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa.

18. By virtue of association with him the yogins who followed the foot-steps of Rantideva became all devoted to Narayana.

9.21.19

gargāc chinistato gārgyaḥ kṣatrādbrahma hyavartata /
duritakṣayo mahāvīryāt tasya trayyāruṇiḥ kaviḥ //

From Garga came Śini, and from him Gārgya; thus brāhmaṇas arose from the kṣatriya line; / Duritakṣaya was born of Mahāvīrya, and his sons were Trayyāruṇi, Kavi,

19. From Garga was descended Sini from whom Gargya; thus there was a brahmin race proceeding from the Kshatriya race; Duritakshaya was born of Mahavirya and of him there were three sons, named Thriyaruni, Kavi, and Pushkararuni.

9.21.20

puṣkarāruṇirityatra ye brāhmaṇagatiṃ gatāḥ /
bṛhatkṣatrasya putro 'bhūddhastī yaddhastināpuram //

and Puṣkarāruṇi, who in this lineage attained the status of brāhmaṇas; / Bṛhatkṣatra's son was Hastin, after whom Hastināpura is named.

20. And these struck into the path of brahmanas; Bhrihatkshatra had a son called Hasti after whom Hastinapur was named.

9.21.21

ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaśca purumīḍhaśca hastinaḥ /
ajamīḍhasya vaṃśyāḥ syuḥ priyamedhādayo dvijāḥ //

Ajamīḍha, Dvimīḍha, and Purumīḍha were the sons of Hastin; / from Ajamīḍha descended Priyamedha and other twice-born.

21. Ahamedha, Divimidha, Purumidha were the three sons of Hasti. Purumidha and other brahmins are the descendants of Ajamidha.

9.21.22

ajamīḍhādbṛhadiṣustasya putro bṛhaddhanuḥ /
bṛhatkāyastatastasya putra āsīj jayadrathaḥ //

From Ajamīḍha was born Bṛhadiṣu; his son was Bṛhaddhanu; / from him came Bṛhatkāya; his son was Jayadratha.

22. Ajamidha had another son called Bhrihadhishnu whose son was Bhrihadhanu; his son was Bhrihatkaya and his son was Jayatratha.

9.21.23

tatsuto viśadastasya syenajit samajāyata /
rucirāśvo dṛḍhahanuḥ kāśyo vatsaśca tatsutāḥ //

His son was Viśada; to him was born Śyenajit; / Rucirāśva, Dṛḍhahanu, Kāśya, and Vatsa were his sons.

23. His son was Visada of whom Senajit was born; his sons were Ruchirasva, Dhridhahanu, Kasya and Vatsa.

9.21.24

rucirāśvasutaḥ pāraḥ pṛthusenastadātmajaḥ /
pārasya tanayo nīpastasya putraśataṃ tv abhūt //

Rucirāśva's son was Pāra; Pṛthusena was his son; / Pāra's son was Nīpa, and he had a hundred sons.

24. Ruchirasva's son was Para whose son was Prithusena; Para's son was Neepa who had a hundred sons.

9.21.25

sa kṛtvyāṃ śukakanyāyāṃ brahmadattamajījanat /
yogī sa gavi bhāryāyāṃ viṣvaksenamadhāt sutam //

In Kṛtvī, the daughter of Śuka, he fathered Brahmadatta; / a yogi, he begat in his wife Go a son named Viṣvaksena.

25. Neepa had by Krithvee, Suka's daughter, a son called Brahmadatta; Brahmadatta, a yogin, had by his wife "Go", (Sarasvati) a son called Vishvaksena.

9.21.26

jaigīṣavyopadeśena yogatantraṃ cakāra ha /
udaksenastatastasmādbhallāṭo bārhadīṣavāḥ //

By the instruction of Jaigīṣavya, he indeed composed a treatise on yoga; / from him came Udaksena; from him Bhallāṭa—these are the descendants of Bṛhadiṣu.

26. Having received precepts from Jaigeshāvya he composed a work on Yoga system; his son was Udaksvana and his was Bhallada and these are the descendants of Bhrihadishu.

9.21.27

yavīnaro dvimīḍhasya kṛtimāṃstatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ /
nāmnā satyadhṛtistasya dṛḍhanemiḥ supārśvakṛt //

Yavīnara was the son of Dvimīḍha; his son is remembered as Kṛtimant; / his son was Satyadhṛti by name; [his son was] Dṛḍhanemi, the father of Supārśva.

27. Yavinara was the son of Dvimidha and Kritiman is known to be his son, and his son was Satyadhriti; his son Dridhanemi, father of Suparsva.

9.21.28

supārśvāt sumatistasya putraḥ sannatimāṃstataḥ /
kṛtī hiraṇyanābhādyo yogaṃ prāpya jagau sma ṣaṭ //

From Supārśva came Sumati; his son was Sannatimant; / Kṛtī, having attained yoga from Hiraṇyanābha and others, sang the six

28. Of Suparsva Sumati was born and his son was Sannatiman; his son Kriti who learnt yoga from Hiranyanabha and he sang the six earlier samhitas of Sama-Veda.

9.21.29

saṃhitāḥ prācyasāmnāṃ vai nīpo hyudgrāyudhastataḥ /
tasya kṣemyaḥ suvīro 'tha suvīrasya ripuñjayaḥ //

saṃhitās of the eastern Sāmans. From him came Nīpa, and then Udgrāyudha; / his son was Kṣemya; then Suvīra; Ripuñjaya was the son of Suvīra.

29. His son was Neepa surnamed Ugrayudha; his son was Kshemya; his son Suveera and his son Ripunjaya.

9.21.30

tato bahuratho nāma purumīḍho 'prajo 'bhavat /
nalinyāmajamīḍhasya nīlaḥ śāntistu tatsutaḥ //

Then came one named Bahuratha; Purumīḍha was childless. / By Nalinī, Ajamīḍha had Nīla; and Śānti was his son.

30. His son was Bahuratha. Purumedha was childless; by Nalini Ajamedha had a son called Neela of whom Santi was the son. 31. Santi's son was Susanti and his son Puruja and his son Arka; his son was Bharmyasva who had five sons, Mudgala and others.

9.21.31

śānteḥ suśāntistatputraḥ purujo 'rkastato 'bhavat /
bharmyāśvastanayastasya pañcāsan mudgalādayaḥ //

Śānti's son was Suśānti; from him came Puruja; then Arka; / Bharmyāśva was his son; he had five sons, Mudgala and others:

9.21.32

yavīnaro bṛhadviśvaḥ kāmpillaḥ sañjayaḥ sutāḥ /
bharmyāśvaḥ prāha putrā me pañcānāṃ rakṣaṇāya hi //

Yavīnara, Bṛhadviśva, Kāmpilla, and Sañjaya were the sons. / Bharmyāśva said: "These five [sons] of mine are capable of protecting

32. Yavinara, Brihadishu, Kampilya, and Sanjaya were the other four sons; Bharmyasva said to them, 'these five sons are quite fit for protecting the five countries and hence they were called Panchalas'.

9.21.33

viṣayāṇāmalamime iti pañcālasaṃjñitāḥ /
mudgalādbrahmanirvṛttaṃ gotraṃ maudgalyasaṃjñitam //

the realms (alam)"; thus they were named the Pañcālas. / From Mudgala arose the lineage of brāhmaṇas known as the Maudgalyas.

33. From Mudgala proceeded a Brahmin family known as Maudgalya.

9.21.34

mithunaṃ mudgalādbhārmyāddivodāsaḥ pumān abhūt /
ahalyā kanyakā yasyāṃ śatānandastu gautamāt //

From Mudgala, son of Bharmyāśva, came twins: the male was Divodāsa, / and the daughter was Ahalyā, in whom Śatānanda was born from Gautama.

34. Twins were born of Mudgala, Bharmya's son; and of them Divodasa was the male and the girl was called Ahalya who bore Satananda to Gautama.

9.21.35

tasya satyadhṛtiḥ putro dhanurvedaviśāradaḥ /
śaradvāṃstatsuto yasmādurvaśīdarśanāt kila //

His son was Satyadhṛti, skilled in the science of archery; / his son was Śaradvant, whose semen, indeed, upon seeing Urvaśī,

35. Divodasa had a son called Satyadhriti well versed in the Dhanurveda; his son was Saradvan, born at the sight of Urvasi.

9.21.36

śarastambe 'patadreto mithunaṃ tadabhūc chubham /
taddṛṣṭvā kṛpayāgṛhṇāc chāntanurmṛgayāṃ caran /
kṛpaḥ kumāraḥ kanyā ca droṇapatnyabhavat kṛpī //

fell into a clump of reeds; from that arose an auspicious pair of twins. / Seeing them out of pity while out hunting, Śāntanu took them: / the boy was Kṛpa, and the daughter was Kṛpī, who became the wife of Droṇa.

36. (For) His seed escaped into the clumps of reed and there a pair (a male and a female) was produced; they were found by Santanu who was hunting in the forest, and he took them home out of pity; the male child was therefore called Kripa and the female called Kripi who (afterwards) became the wife of Drona.