Bhagavatapurana 5.15
English (machine translation) 5.15
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- 5.15.8 — 1 part
5.15.1
Śrī Śuka said: / Bharata had a son named Sumati; following the path of Ṛṣabha, some heretics and un-Aryan people in the Kali age, through their own most wicked imagination, will fabricate him as a deity not taught in the Vedas.
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From him, Devatājit was born of Vṛddhasenā.
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Then Devadyumna was his son by Āsurī; from him was born a son, Parameṣṭhin, by Dhenumatī; and from him, Pratīha was born of Suvarcalā.
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He, having expounded the knowledge of the Self and being himself purified, meditated upon the Great Person.
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From Pratīha by Suvarcalā were born three sons skilled in sacrifice, headed by Pratihartṛ. By Stutī, Pratihartṛ had two sons, Aja and Bhūman.
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From Bhūman was born Udgītha by Ṛṣikulyā; from him Prastāva by Devakulyā; from Prastāva was born a son, Vibhu, by Niyutsā; from Vibhu came Pṛthuṣeṇa by Rati; from him Nakta was born of Ākūti; from Nakta was born Druti's son Gaya, the foremost of royal sages, of noble renown, who attained the status of a great person by having the marks of being a portion of the Lord Viṣṇu himself, who had assumed pure sattva out of a desire to protect the universe.
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By his own dharma—characterized by protecting, sustaining, pleasing, cherishing, and instructing his subjects—and by sacrifices and other rites whose ultimate purpose was offered wholeheartedly to the Lord, the Supreme Person, the higher and lower Brahman, and having attained the yoga of devotion to the Lord through continuous service at the feet of knowers of Brahman, his intellect was repeatedly purified and made supremely clear; and though free from identification with non-self and directly experiencing the realization of Brahman within himself, he guarded the earth entirely without egotism.
5.15.8
Regarding him, O descendant of Pāṇḍu, those knowledgeable of the past sing this verse:
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5.15.9
“What other king can rival Gaya in deeds—a performer of sacrifices, full of pride [for dharma], knower of many arts, protector of dharma, / endowed with fortune, master of the assembly of the virtuous, servant of virtuous devotees—except an expansion of the Lord?
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Whom the chaste daughters of Dakṣa, whose blessings come true, anointed with rivers with supreme joy; / for whose subjects the earth yielded their desires, while he remained free from desire, her udder flowing [with milk] with his virtues as the calf;
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For whom, free from desires, the Vedic texts yielded desired fruits, and kings brought tribute, / having been respectfully defeated in battle according to dharma, along with the brāhmaṇas who offered him a sixth part of their blessings in the next world;
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In whose sacrifice the Lord, the soul of sacrifice, while Indra became intoxicated by the drinking of abundant Soma, / personally accepted the fruit of the sacrifice offered through steady yoga of devotion purified by faith;
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By the pleasing of whom in sacrifice all beings, from gods, animals, humans, plants, and grass up to Brahmā, / are immediately pleased—that very soul of the universe, being pleased Himself, derived satisfaction from Gaya’s [sacrifice]?”
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From Gaya through Gayantī were born three sons: Citraratha, Sugati, and Avarodhana. From Citraratha through Ūrṇā was born Samrāṭ. Then through Utkalā was Marīci; from Marīci through Bindumatī, Bindumān was born. From him through Saraghā was born the one named Madhu. From Madhu through Sumanas was born Vīravrata. Then through Bhojā were born Manthu and Pramanthu. From Manthu through Satyā was born Bhauvana; then through Dūṣaṇā, Tvaṣṭā was born. From Tvaṣṭā through Virocanā was born Viraja. To Viraja, through Viṣūcī, a hundred sons headed by Śatajit and one daughter were indeed born.
5.15.15
On this point there is this verse:
Viraja, the last-born offspring, brought supreme distinction
to this lineage of Priyavrata by his fame, just as Viṣṇu did to the assembly of gods.
Translations (1)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
Linked texts (1)
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit