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Garudapurana 1.54

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.54

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1.54.1

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 54
hariruvāca /
agnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca bapuṣmāndhyutimāṃstathā /
medhāmedhātithirbhavyaḥ śabalaḥ putra eva ca //

Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 54
Hari said: / Āgnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Vapuṣmat, and Dyutimat, / Medhas, Medhātithi, Bhavya, and the son Śabala,

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1.54.2

jyotiṣmāndaśamo jātaḥ putrā hyete priyavratāt /
medhāgnibāhuputrāstu trayo yogaparāyaṇāḥ //

and Jyotiṣmat born as the tenth—these were the sons from Priyavrata. / Three sons, Medhas, Agnibāhu, and [his brother], were devoted to yoga;

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1.54.3

jātismarā mahābhāgā nairājyāya mamo daṣuḥ /
vibhajya sapta dvīpāni saptānāṃ pradadau nṛpaḥ //

remembering their past lives, highly fortunate, they did not desire kingship. / Dividing the seven continents, the king gave them to the seven.

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1.54.4

yojanānāṃ pramāṇena pañcāśatkoṭirāplutā /
jalopari mahī yātā maurivāste sarijjale //

Covering fifty crore yojanas in measure, / the earth rests upon the water, floating like a boat on the water of a river.

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1.54.5

jambūplakṣāhvayau dvīpau śālmalaścāparo hara /
kuśaḥ krauñcastathā śākaḥ puṣkaraścaiva saptamaḥ //

The two continents named Jambū and Plakṣa, and another is Śālmala, O Hara; / Kuśa, Krauñca, and Śāka, and Puṣkara is the seventh.

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1.54.6

ete dvīpāḥ samudraistu sapta saptabhirāvṛtāḥ /
lavaṇekṣusurāsarpirdādhidugdhajalaiḥ samam //

These seven continents are surrounded by seven oceans / containing salt, sugar-cane juice, wine, clarified butter, curd, milk, and water respectively.

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1.54.7

dvīpāttu dviguṇo dvīpaḥ samudraśca vṛṣadhvaja /
jambūdvīpe sthito merurlakṣayojanavistṛtaḥ //

Each continent and each ocean is twice the size [of the preceding], O bull-bannered Lord. / Situated on Jambūdvīpa is Mount Meru, one hundred thousand yojanas wide.

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1.54.8

caturaśītisāhasrairyojanairasya cocchrayaḥ /
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastāddvatriṃśanmūrdhni vistṛtaḥ //

Its height is eighty-four thousand yojanas; / it has entered sixteen [thousand yojanas] beneath, and is thirty-two [thousand] wide at the summit.

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1.54.9

adhaḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasraḥ karṇikākārasaṃsyitaḥ /
himavānhemakūṭaśca niṣadhaścāsya dakṣiṇe //

Beneath it is sixteen thousand [yojanas], situated in the shape of a lotus pericarp. / Himavat, Hemakūṭa, and Niṣadha are to its south;

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1.54.10

nīlaḥ śvetaśca śṛṅgī ca uttare varṣaparvatāḥ /
plakṣādiṣu narā rudra ye vasanti sanātanāḥ //

Nīla, Śveta, and Śṛṅgin are the boundary mountains to the north. / The eternal men, O Rudra, who dwell on Plakṣa and the others,

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1.54.11

śaṅkarātha na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kathañcana /
jambūdvīpeśvarātputrā hyagrīdhnādabhavannava //

O Śaṅkara, have no condition of yugas at all among them. / From Āgnīdhra, the lord of Jambūdvīpa, there were nine sons:

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1.54.12

nābhiḥ kiṃpuruṣaścaiva harivarṣamilā vṛtaḥ /
ramyo hiraṇmayākhyaśca kururbhadrāśva eva ca //

Nābhi, Kiṃpuruṣa, Harivarṣa, Ilāvṛta, / Ramya, the one named Hiraṇmaya, Kuru, and Bhadrāśva.

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1.54.13

ketumālo nṛpastebhyastatsaṃjñān khaṇḍakāndadau /
nābhestu merudevyāṃ tu putro 'bhūdṛṣabho hara //

and King Ketumāla. He gave them the realms named after themselves. / From Nābhi and Merudevī, O Hara, was born Ṛṣabha.

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1.54.14

tatputro bharato nāma śālagrāme sthito vratī /
sumatirbharatasyābhūttatputrastaijaso 'bhavat //

His son was named Bharata, who observed vows and dwelt at Śālagrāma. / Sumati was the son of Bharata, and his son was Taijasa.

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1.54.15

indradyumnaśca tatputraḥ parameṣṭhī tataḥ smṛtaḥ /
pratīhāraścatatputraḥ pratihartā tadātmajaḥ //

His son was Indradyumna, after whom Parameṣṭhin is remembered; / Pratīhāra was his son, and Pratihartā was his son.

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1.54.16

sutastasmādathai jātaḥ prastārastatsuto vibhuḥ /
pṛthuśca tatsuto nakto naktasyāpi gayaḥ smṛtaḥ //

From him then was born a son, Prastāra; his son was the mighty Vibhu; / his son was Pṛthu; Nakta was his, and Gaya is remembered as Nakta’s son.

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1.54.17

naro gayasya tanayastatputrobhudvirāḍagataḥ /
tato dhīmānmahātejā bhauvanastasya cātmajaḥ //

Nara was the son of Gaya; his son was Virāṭ; / after him came the wise, exceptionally splendid Bhauvana, who was his son.

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1.54.18

tvaṣṭā tvaṣṭuśca virajā rajastasyāpyabhūtsutaḥ /
śatajidrajasastasya viṣvagjyotiḥ sutaḥ smṛtaḥ //

Then came Tvaṣṭṛ, and Tvaṣṭṛ’s son was Virajas; Rajas also was his son; / Śatajit was the son of Rajas, and Viṣvagjyotis is remembered as his son.

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1.54.18.p1

iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe bhuvanakośavarṇanopayogipriyavratavaṃśanirūpaṇaṃ nāma catuḥ pañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the fifty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Delineation of the Lineage of Priyavrata Useful for Describing the Cosmography', in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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