Matsya Purana 273: adhyāyaḥ 273

273.1

kalau bhāvinṛpānvayavarṇanam.

The Andhra Simuka (Siśuka) with his fellow tribesemen the servants of Suśarman, will assail the Kânvâyanas and him (Suśarman) and destroy the remains of the Sungas power and will obtain this earth — 1 2 Note.—The above translation is according to Mr Pargiter's text. According to our text the reading is— “काण्वायनास्ततो भूपाः सुशर्माणं प्रसह्य तम्। शुङ्गानां चैव यच्छेषं क्षपित्वा तु बलीयसः॥

273.2

sūta uvāca.
kāṇvāyanāstato bhūpāḥ suśarmāṇaḥ prasahyatām.
śuṅgānāñcaiva yaccheṣaṃ kṣapitvā tu balīyasaḥ .. 273.1

This would mean:—Then Kāṇvāyana nobles of Suśarma after assailing her (Earth) and putting to an end what remains of the Śuṅgas will become powerful. This shows that the chieftains of the last Kāṇva King Suśarman revolted against him and put an end to the Śuṅga power

273.3

śiśukondhraḥ sajātīyaḥ prāpsyatīmāṃ vasundharām.
trayoviṃśat samārājā śiśukastu bhaviṣyati .. 273.2

Their tribesman (a kinsman of these Kāṇvāyana chieftains (bhūpās) who had revolted against Suśarman) called (1) Śiśuka Andhra will get this earth For 23 years Śiśuka will be the king—2

273.4

śrīmallakarṇirbhavitā tasya putrastu vai daśa.
pūrṇotsaṃgastato rājā varṣāṇyaṣṭādaśaiva tu .. 273.3

His younger brother (2) Kṛiṣṇa will be 18 years his son (3) Śrī mallakarṇi (Śrī Śātakarṇi) will be 10 years, then (4) Pūrṇotsaṅga will be the king 18 years. —3

273.5

pañcāśataṃ samāḥ ṣaṭca śāntakarṇirbhaviṣyati.
daśacāṣṭau ca varṣāṇi tasya lambodaraḥ sutaḥ .. 273.4

(6) Śāntakarṇi will be 56 years, his son (7) Lambodara 18 years—4

273.6

āpītako daśadve ca tasya putro bhaviṣyati.
daśacāṣṭau ca varṣāṇi medhasvātirbhaviṣyati .. 273.5

His son (8) Āpītaka (Āpīlaka) will be 12 years, then (9) Meghasvāti will be 18 years—5

273.7

svātiśca bhavitā rājā samāstvaṣṭādaśaiva tu.
skandasvātistathā rājā saptaiva tu bhaviṣyati .. 273.6

Then (10) Svāti will be king 18 years, (11) Skandhasvāti will then be king 7 years—6

273.8

mṛgendrasvātikarṇastu bhaviṣyati samāstrayaḥ.
kuntalaḥ svātikarṇastu bhavitāṣṭau samānṛpaḥ .. 273.7

Then (12) Mṛigendra Svātikarna will be 3 years then (13) Kuntala Svātikarna will be king 8 years then (14) Svātivarna will be king for one year—7 8

273.9

ekasaṃvatsaraṃ rājā svātivarṇo bhaviṣyati .. 273.8

273.10

bhavitā riktavarṇastu varṣāṇi pañcaviṃśati.
tataḥ saṃvatsarān pañca hālo rājā bhaviṣyati .. 273.9

Then (16) Ariktavarna will be 25 years after him (17) Hāla will be king for 5 years—9

273.11

pañcamandulako rājā bhaviṣyati samā nṛpa.
purīndraseno bhavitā tasmāt saumyo bhaviṣyati .. 273.10

Then (18) Mandulaka will be king 5 years [another reading Manta laka] Then (19) Purīndrasena (Pulikasena) will be king after him (20) Saumya will be the king—10

273.12

sundaraḥ sāntikarṇastu abdamekaṃ bhaviṣyati.
cakoraḥ svātikarṇastu ṣaṇmāsān vai bhaviṣyati .. 273.11

Then (21) Sundara Śāntikarṇa (Śatakarṇi) will reign 1 year then (22) Chakora Svātikarna (Śatakarṇi) will reign for 6 months—11

273.13

aṣṭāviṃśati varṣāṇi śivasvātirbhaviṣyati.
rājā ca gautamī putro hyekaviṃśatyato nṛpaḥ .. 273.12

Then (23) Śivasvati will be 28 years, then (24) king Gautamī putra will be king next 21 years—12

273.14

aṣṭāviṃśatisutastasya sulomā vai bhaviṣyati.
śivaśrīrvai sulomāttu saptaiva bhavitā nṛpaḥ .. 273.13

His son (25) Pulomā will be king 28 years.

[Then (26) Śātakarṇi will be king 29 years.] This is a very doubtful line as pointed out by Mr Pargiter and is not in our text. After Pulomā (Śivaśrī Pulomā will be king 7 years—13

273.15

śivaskandha śāntikarṇād bhavitā hyātmajaḥ samāḥ.
navaviṃśati varṣāṇi yajñaḥ śrī śāntikarṇikaḥ .. 273.14

Then (28) Śiva skandha after Śāntikarṇa will be king as his son for (?) years

Then (29) Yajñaśrī Śāntikarṇika will be 29 years—14

273.16

ṣar̤eva bhavitā tasyā dvijayastu samastataḥ.
caṇḍaśrīḥ śāntikarṇastu tasya putra samādaśa .. 273.15

Then after him (30) Vijaya will be king 6 years Then (31) Chandaśrī Śāntikarṇa, his son will be 10 years—15

273.17

sulomā saptavarṣāṇi anyasteṣāṃ bhaviṣyati.
ekonaviṃśatirhyete āndhrā bhokṣyanti vai mahīm .. 273.16

Then (32) Pulomā, another of them, (viz, Pulomā II) will reign 7 years—(16a)

These 19 Andhras will enjoy the earth for 460 years On the kingdom of the Andhras coming to an end, there will be kings belonging to the lineage of their servants—16 17

273.18

teṣāṃ varṣaśatāni syuḥ catvāri ṣaṣṭireva ca.
āndhrāṇāṃ saṃsthitā rājye teṣāṃ bhṛtyānvaye nṛpāḥ .. 273.17

On the kingdom of the Andhras coming to an end, there will be kings in the lineage of their servants who would be called Śrīpārvatīya Andhras—17

273.19

saptaivāndhrā bhaviṣyanti daśābhīrāstathā nṛpāḥ.
saptagardabhilāścāpi śakāścāṣṭādaśaiva tu .. 273.18

There will be 7 (kings in the line of the servants of) Andhras 10 Ābhīra kings, also 7 Gardabhilas and 18 Śākas—18

273.20

yavanāṣṭau bhaviṣyanti tuṣārāśca caturdaśa.
trayodaśa gu(mu)ruṃḍāśca hūṇāhyekonaviṃśātiḥ .. 273.19

There will be 8 Yavana kings, and 14 Tuṣāra kings and 13 Guruṇḍa kings and 19 (or 11 Mauna) Hūṇa kings—19

273.21

yavanāṣṭau bhaviṣyanti saptāśīti mahīmimām.
saptagarddabhilābhūyo bhokṣyantīmāṃ vasundharām .. 273.20

The 8 Yavanas kings will reign for 87 years The 7 Gardhabhilas will enjoy this earth again [no years given 72 according to Vayu]—20 The earth is recorded to have belonged to the Tuṣāra for 7,000 years. And 18 kings for 183 years as well [printed text corrupt. Ought to be—‘Eighteen Sakas for 183 years’].—21

273.22

saptavarṣasahasrāṇi tuṣārāṇāṃ mahī smṛtā.
śatāni trīṇyaśītiñca śatānyaṣṭādaśaiva tu .. 273.21

273.23

śatānyarddhañcatuṣkāṇi bhavitavyāstrayodaśa.
gu(mu)ruṇḍā vṛṣalaiḥ sārdhaṃ bhokṣyante mlecchasambhavāḥ .. 273.22

For half four hundred years there will reign 13 Guruṇḍas of Mlechchha origin along with Śudra kings. (Or, 13 future Guruṇḍas along with low caste men, all of Mlechchha origin, will enjoy it half four hundred years i.e. 200 years).—22

273.24

śatāni trīṇi bhokṣyante varṣāṇyekādaśaiva tu.
āndhrāḥ śrīpārvvatīyāśca te dvipañcāśataṃ samāḥ .. 273.23

For 103 years the 11 kings will enjoy the earth (no name). (The word Hūṇa should be supplied to complete the verse, and it would then mean ‘11 Hūṇas will enjoy the earth for 103 years’). The (seven) Śrīpārvatīya Āndhras will endure 52 years.—23

273.25

saptaṣaṣṭistu varṣāṇi daśābhīrāstathaiva ca.
teṣūtsanneṣu kālena tataḥ kilakilānṛpāḥ .. 273.24

The 10 Ābhīra kings will be for 67 years. When they are overthrown by time then there will be Kilakila kings.—24

273.26

bhaviṣyantīha yavanā dharmataḥ kāmato'rthataḥ.
tairvimiśrā janapadā āryyāmlecchāśca sarvaśaḥ.. 273.25

There will be Yavanas here for the sake of religious feeling (pilgrimage or propaganda) or pleasure or profit. The Āryas and the Mlechchhas (will dwell) mixed up in all provinces (janapadas).—25

273.27

viparyayeṇa vartante kṣayameṣyanti vai prajāḥ.
lubdhānṛtabruvāścaiva bhavitāro nṛpāstathā .. 273.26

The people will steadily deteriorate by adopting a contrary course of life, so also the king will be greedy and speakers of untruth.—26

273.28

kalkinānihatāḥ sarve āryyā mlecchāśca sarvataḥ.
adhārmikāścaye'pyarthaṃ pāṣaṇḍāścaiva sarvaśaḥ .. 273.27

All will be overpowered (killed) everywhere by Kalki whether they be Āryas or Mlechchhas. They will be irreligious, avaricious, and heretical and cruel hypocrites everywhere.—27

273.29

praṇaṣṭe nṛpavaṃśe tu sandhyā śiṣṭe kalau yuge.
kiñcicchiṣṭāḥ prajāstā vai dharme naṣṭe'parigrahāḥ .. 273.28

When the royal family will be destroyed, and the close of the Kali Age will come and righteousness will perish, there will remain few good people not given to covetousness.—28

273.30

asādhavo hyasatvāśca vyādhiśokena pīr̤itāḥ.
anāvṛṣṭihatāścaiva paraspara vadhepsavaḥ .. 273.29

The people will be unholy, unrighteous and oppressed with decease and sorrow, and goaded by failure of rain they will be eager to destroy each other.—29

273.31

aśaraṇyāḥ paritrastāḥ saṅkaṭaṃ ghoramāśritāḥ.
saritparvatavāsinyo bhaviṣyantyakhilāḥ prajāḥ .. 273.30

Unprotected by anyone, always living in terror, surrounded by deep difficulties, the entire population will begin to live on (the top of) mountains and on the banks of rivers.—30

When the royal families will be destroyed, the people, will desert their homes, and devoid of affection they will abandon their brothers and friends, and will have no one to protect them.—31

273.32

patramūlaphalāhārāḥ cīrapatrājināmbarāḥ.
vṛttyarthamabhilipsantyaḥ cariṣyanti vasundharām .. 273.31

They will not observe the rules of caste and order of life, and be addicted to unrighteousness. They will subsist on fruits, roots and leaves of trees, and will be clothed in tattered garments, barks and skins, and thus they will wander over the earth in search of livelihood.—32

273.33

evaṃ kaṣṭamanuprāptāḥ prajākāle yugāntake.
niḥśeṣāstu bhaviṣyanti sārddhaṃ kaliyugena tu .. 273.32

Thus the people having suffered (innumerable) miseries during the close of the Kali Age will become totally extinct, along with the extinction of the Kali Age.—33

273.34

kṣīṇe kaliyuge tasmin divye varṣasahasrake.
sasandhyāṃśe suniḥ śeṣe kṛtaṃ tu pratipatsyate .. 273.33

When the Kali Age will be exhausted, after having been on earth for full 1,000 divine years together with the Sandhi periods, then on its end, the Kṛita Age will come.—34

273.35

evaṃ vaṃśakramaḥ kṛtsnaḥ kīrtito yo mayā kramāt.
atītā varttamānāśca tathaivānāgatāśca ye .. 273.34

Thus have I declared in due order the entire series of genealogy—the kings who have passed away, and those who exist now and those who have not yet come into existence.—35

273.36

mahāpadmābhiṣekāttu yāvajjanmaparīkṣitaḥ.
evaṃ varṣasahasrantu jñeyaṃ pañcāśaduttaram .. 273.35

Now from Mahāpadma's inauguration up till the birth of Parīkṣit, this interval is indeed known as 1050 years (1015 according to Viṣṇu, and 1500 according to our reading).—36

Now from Mahâpadma's inauguration to Parîkṣit's birth, this interval is indeed known as 1500 years—36

273.37

paulaumāstu tathāndhrāstu mahāpadmāntare punaḥ.
anantaraṃ śatānyaṣṭau ṣaṭtriṃśattu samāstathā .. 273.36

Moreover in the interval which elapsed from the last Andhra King Pulomâvi to Mahâpadma—that interval was 836 years—37

273.38

tāvatkālāntaraṃ bhāvyamāndhrāntādāparīkṣitaḥ.
bhaviṣyete prasaṅkhyātāḥ purāṇajñaiḥ śrutarṣibhiḥ .. 273.37

The same future interval of time, beginning from Parîkṣit till the end of the Andhras, is thus expressed in the Bhaviṣya (Purâṇa) regarding those (kings) enumerated by the Śrutarṣis who know the ancient stories (in these terms)—38

*And equal space of time is still future, subsequent kings, beginning from the end of the Andhras (till Parikṣit) are declared therein They have been enumerated in the Bhaviṣya Purâṇa by Śrutarsis who knew the ancient stones—38* (Pargiter)

273.39

saptarṣayastadā prāṃśu pradīptenāgninā samāḥ.
saptaviṃśati bhāvyānāṃ āndhrāṇāntu yadā punaḥ .. 273.38

*The Seven Ṛiṣis were then (at the time of the birth of Parikṣit) on a line with the towering brilliant Agni (the presiding deity of Krittika) At the end of the future twenty seven Andhras the cycle repeats itself* (Pargiter)

Note.—Mr Pargiter, reads "saptarṣayās tadā Pusye Pratīpe rajñi vai samam and he translates it thus:—The Great Bear was situated equally with regard to the lunar constellation Puṣyā while Pratīpa was king At the end of the Andhras, who will be in the 27th century afterwards, the cycle repeats itself

273.40

saptarṣayastu varttante yatra nakṣatramaṇḍale.
saptarṣayastu tiṣṭhanti paryyāyeṇa śataṃ śatam.. 273.39

"In the circle of the lunar constellations, wherein the Great Bear revolves, and which contains 27 constellations in its circumstance, the Great Bear remains 100 years in (conjoined with) each in turn" (40), (according to Pargiter)

273.41

saptarṣīṇāmuparye tat smṛtaṃ vai divyasaṃjñayā.
samādivyāḥ smṛtā ṣaṣṭirdivyābdāni tu saptabhiḥ .. 273.40

This is the cycle of the Great Bear, and is remembered as being, according to divine reckoning, 6 divine months and 7 divine years. According to those constellations divine time proceeds by means of the Great Bear, (41a) (Pargiter)

273.42

ebhiḥ pravartate kālo divyaḥ saptarṣibhistu vai.
saptarṣīṇāñca yau pūrvau dṛśyete hyuditau niśi .. 273.41

The two front stars of the Great Bear, which are seen when risen at night, the lunar constellation which is seen situated equally between them in the sky, the Great Bear is to be known as conjoined with that constellation 100 years in the sky —42 43 (Pargiter)

273.43

tayormadhye tu nakṣatraṃ dṛśyate yatsamaṃ divi.
tena saptarṣayo jñeyā yuktā vyomni śataṃ samāḥ .. 273.42

273.44

nakṣatrāṇāmṛṣīṇāñca yogasyaitannidarśanam.
saptarṣayo maghāyuktāḥ kāle pārikṣite śatam .. 273.43

This is the exposition of the conjunction of the lunar constellations and the Great Bear The Great Bear was conjoined with the Maghās in Parikṣit's time 100 years —44 (Pargiter)

273.45

brāhmaṇastu caturviṃśā bhaviṣyati śataṃ samāḥ.
tataḥ prabhṛtyayaṃ sarvo loko vyāpatsyate bhṛśam .. 273.44

The Brāhmanas (the Seven Seers) will be in the 24th constellation 100 years (when) at the termination of the Andhras —45 (Pargiter)

Thenceforward all this world will fall upon very bad times Men will be liars, greedy, and destitute of righteousness, affection and wealth The observances of religion of Śrutis and Smṛitis will become very lax, and so also will be destroyed the orders and castes —46

273.46

anṛtopahatā lubdhā dharmataḥ kāmato'rthataḥ.
śrautasmārteti śithile naṣṭavarṇāśrame tathā .. 273.45

273.47

saṅkaraṃ durbalātmānaḥ pratipatsyanti mohitāḥ.
brāhmaṇāḥ śūdrayonisthāḥ śūdrā vai mantrayonayaḥ .. 273.46

The people will be of mixed origin, weak in body and will be led astray and deluded Brâhmanas will sacrifice for Śudras (or will study under Śudras) and Śudras will take to teaching Mantras —47

273.48

upasthāsyanti tānviprāstadarthamabhilipsavaḥ.
krameṇaiva ca dṛśyante svavarṇāntaradāyakam .. 273.47

Those Brâhmanas will adore such Śudras anxious to acquire wealth from them (or anxious to get the meaning of the Mantras from them) And gradually there will be seen all the causes which go towards the removing of a man from his own caste —48

273.49

kṣayameva gamiṣyanti kṣīṇaśeṣā yugakṣaye.
yasminkṛṣṇo divaṃ yātastasminneva tadāhani .. 273.48

Thus towards the end of the age, the few weaklings that will remain on earth will also go to extinction —49a

On that very day and in that very moment when Kṛiṣṇa went to heaven, the Kali Yuga commenced on earth Now listen to its duration from me The wise say that its duration is 400,000 years —50

273.50

pratipannaṃ kaliyugaṃ pramāṇaṃ tasya me śrṛṇu.
catuḥ śatasahasrantu varṣāṇāṃ vai smṛtaṃ budhaiḥ .. 273.49

273.51

catvāryaṣṭasahasrāṇi saṅkhyātaṃ mānuṣeṇa tu.
divyaṃ varṣasahasrantu tadā saṅkhyā pravartate .. 273.50

Together with four times eight (32) thousand years according to human calculation (i e, 400,000+32,000=432,000) Or, in other words, its duration is 1,000 divine years together with the twilights (i e, 1000+200=1200 divine years=1200×360=432,000) —51

273.52

niḥśeṣetu tadā tasmin kṛtaṃ vai pratipatsyate.
ailaścekṣvākuvaṃśaśca sahadevaḥ prakīrttitāḥ .. 273.51

When the Kali Yuga comes to an end the Kṛita Yuga will again come —52a

The Aila and the Ikṣvâku dynasties have been described along with their branches The dynasty of the Ikṣvâkus (the Sûryvamsa) is remembered to have come to an end with Sumitra when Ikṣvaku Kṣatriyas will cease The Aila Kṣatriyas (Chandra vansa were contemporary with these (or the last of the Aila Kṣatriyas was Kṣemaka —Vâyu,) so the knowers of the Somavamśa understand it —53

273.53

ikṣvākoḥ saṃsmṛtaṃ kṣatraṃ sumitrāntaṃ bhaviṣyati.
ailaṃ kṣatraṃsamākrāntaṃ somavaṃśavido viduḥ .. 273.52

273.54

ete vivasvataḥ putrāḥ kīrtitāḥ kīrtivardhanāḥ.
atītā vartamānāśca tathaivānāgatāśca ye .. 273.53

All these are declared to be the glorious descendants of Vivasvat those who are gone, those who exist now and those who will be in the future —54

273.55

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāstathā śūdrāśca vai smṛtāḥ.
vaivasvate'ntare tasminniti vaṃśaḥ samāpyate .. 273.54

The Brâhmanas, the Kṣatriyas, the Vaiśyas and The Śudras are remembered to exist in this Vaivasvata manvantara, i e, all are sons of Vaivasvata Manu) Thus ends the genealogy of dynasties —55

273.56

devāpiḥ pauravo rājā aikṣvāko yaśca te mataḥ.
mahāyogabalopetau kalāpagrāmamāśritau .. 273.55

Devâpi, the Paurava king and Maru, a king of Ikṣvaku dynasty are both existing in the village, Kalapa, owing to their great Yoga.—56 In the 29th Mahâyuga these two will be the leaders of Kṣatriyas and will restore Kṣatriyahood. Suvarchas the son of Manu (Maru?), will be the founder of the (future) Aikṣvâku line.—57

273.57

etau kṣatrapraṇetārau navaviṃśe caturyuge.
suvarcā manuputrastu aikṣvākādyo bhaviṣyati .. 273.56

273.58

navaviṃśe yuge so vai vaṃśasyādirbhaviṣyati.
devāpiputraḥ satyastu ailānāṃ bhavitā nṛpaḥ .. 273.57

In the 29th Mahayuga he will be the first founder of that dynasty. Similarly, Satya, the son of Devâpi, will be the (first) king (and the founder) of the Aila dynasty.—58

273.59

kṣatrapravartakāvetau bhaviṣye tu caturyuge.
evaṃ sarveṣu vijñeyaṃ santānārthantu lakṣaṇam .. 273.58

These two (Devâpı and Maru) will be the restorers of Kṣatriya chivalry, in the beginning of that Mahayuga. Thus should be understood the characteristics of the dynasties in all the Yugas.—59

273.60

kṣīṇe kaliyugecaiva tiṣṭhantīti kṛte yuge.
saptarṣayastu taiḥ sārdhaṃ madhye tretāyuge punaḥ .. 273.59

Even after the close of the Kali Yuga the Seven Sages who continue to exist along with these two throughout the Kṛita Yuga will then incarnate in the middle of the (future) Tretâ Yuga. They will take birth in order to be the seeds of Brâhmanas and Kṣatriyas (of Brahmanic parentage) again. Thus at the end of the Puṣya asterism (when the Great Bear is in a line with that asterism) the Seven Sages, along with those kings (take birth on earth) for the sake of procreating offsprings in every Yuga. Thus the Brâhmanas know the close relationship of the Kṣatriyas with the Brâhmanas (and how several Kṣatriya dynasties had Brâhmaṇa paternity).—62

273.61

bījārthaṃ vai bhaviṣyanti brahmakṣatrastu vai punaḥ.
evamevaṃ tu sarveṣu tiṣyānteṣvantareṣu ca.. 273.60

273.62

saptarṣayo nṛpaiḥ sārddhaṃ santānārthaṃ yuge yuge.
evaṃ kṣatrasya cautsedhaḥ sambandho vai dvijaiḥ smṛtaḥ .. 273.61

273.63

manvantarāṇāṃ santāne santānāśca śrutau smṛtāḥ.
atikrāntayugāścaiva brahmakṣatrasya sambhavāḥ .. 273.62

Thus at the close of each Manvantara, these (two) immortal Kṣatriyas and (seven) Brâhmanas who cross over from one Yuga to another (in their full consciousness), are called Santânas in the Śruti or founders of future human races. They become the origins of (the future) Brâhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas.—63

273.64

yathā praśāntisteṣāṃ vai prakṛtīnāṃ yathākṣayaḥ.
saptarṣayo vidusteṣāṃ dīrghāyustvaṃ kṣayodayau .. 273.63

The Seven Sages know thus the rise, fall, and the longevity of these founders of dynasties as well as the decline and rise of the dynasties.—64

273.65

etena kramayogena ailā ikṣvākavo nṛpāḥ.
utpadyamānāstretāyāṃ kṣīyamāṇāḥ kalau yuge .. 273.64

When Jamadagna totally destroyed the Kṣatriya clans the world became devoid of Kṣatriya Kings.—65-66

273.66

anuyānti yugākhyāntu yāvanmanvantarakṣayam.
jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa kṣatreniravaśeṣite .. 273.65

273.67

rikteyaṃ vasudhā sarvā kṣatriyairvasudhādhipaiḥ.
dvivaṃśakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ kīrtayiṣye nibodha me .. 273.66

Hear, I will relate to you the double origin of the modern Kṣatriya Kings. Aila and Ikṣwâku dynasties are said to be the origin of the Kshatriyas.—67-68

273.68

ailañcekṣvākuvaṃśañca prakṛtiṃ paricakṣate.
rājānaḥ śreṇibaddhāśca tathānte kṣatriyā bhuvi .. 273.67

The Kings and other common Kṣatriyas were variously sub-divided in the world. Quite a profusion of Kṣatriyas were born in the Aila dynasty, but there were not so many in the Ikṣwâku dynasty. Their number is full one hundred. Similarly, by the spread of the Bhoj dynasty that number was doubled.—69-70

273.69

ailavaṃśāstu bhūyāṃso na tathekṣvākavo nṛpāḥ.
eṣāmekaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ kulānāmabhirocate .. 273.68

273.70

tāvadeva tu bhojānāṃ vistārād dviguṇaṃ smṛtam.
bhojānāṃ dviguṇāṃ kṣatraṃ caturddhā tadyathā tatham .. 273.69

273.71

te hyatītāḥ sa nāmāno bruvatastānnibodha me.
śataṃ vai prativindhyānāṃ śataṃ nāgāḥ śataṃ hayāḥ .. 273.70

These Kṣatriyas have disappeared with their names. I am relating to you about them please hear. The number of Pratibindhas was 100, Nagas 100, Hayas 100, Dhartarâstras 100, Janmejayas 80, brave Brahmadattas 100, Kurus 100, Panchals 100, Kasikusa, etc., 100 each, Nipa and Sasabindh 2,000 each.—71-73

273.72

śatamekaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrā hyaśītirjanamejayāḥ.
śataṃ vai brahmadattānāṃ vīrāṇāṃ kuravaḥ śatam .. 273.71

273.73

tataḥ śatañca pañcālāḥ śataṃ kāśikuśādayaḥ.
tathāpare sahasre dve ye nīpāḥ śaśabindavaḥ .. 273.72

273.74

iṣṭavantaśca te sarve sarve niyutadakṣiṇāḥ.
evaṃ rājarṣayo'tītāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 273.73

These Kṣatriyas were pious-minded and charitably disposed. Thousands of similar Râjarshis have disappeared. In the present Manwantara the dynasty of Vaivaswatamanu appeared and disappeared and with it many races came and went.—73-75 Even in one hundred years it is not easy to describe that dynasty fully Twenty eight families have disappeared with the Devas What remained I am relating—76-77

273.75

manorvaivasvatasyāsan vartamāne'ntare vibhoḥ.
teṣāṃ te nidhanotpattau lokasaṃsthitayaḥ sthitāḥ .. 273.74

273.76

na śakyo vistarasteṣāṃ santānasya parasparam.
tatpūrvāparayogena vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi .. 273.75

273.77

aṣṭāviṃśasamākhyātā gatā vaivasvate'ntare.
aite devagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ śiṣṭā ye tānnibodhita .. 273.76

273.78

catvāriṃśattrayaścaiva bhaviṣyāste mahātmanaḥ.
avaśiṣṭā yugākhyāste tato vaivasvato hyayam .. 273.77

The sages of that dynasty are 43 in number The rest are known as Yugas I have described some of the dynasties in brief and the rest at length For the sake of their being numerous I am not able to describe them fully again Oh King, the Rajarṣis of the luminous Yayati dynasty whose names have been described have all disappeared with the Yuga The man who hears them gets five worldly boons, viz, life, fame, wealth, heaven, progeny By hearing this chapter one goes to heaven

273.79

etadvaḥ rājarṣayo ye tu atītāste yugaiḥ saha.
ye te yayāti vaṃśyānāṃ ye ca vaṃśā viśāmpate .. 273.78

273.80

kīrtitā dyutimantaste ya etān dhārayennaraḥ.
labhate sa varānpañca durlabhāniha laukikān .. 273.79

273.81

āyuḥ kīrtiṃ dhanaṃ svargaṃ putravāṃścābhijāyate.
dhāraṇācchravaṇāccaiva paraṃ svargasya dhīmataḥ .. 273.80