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Matsyapurana 46

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46.1

Sūta said:
The Ikṣvāku princess bore Śūra, known as Adbhutamīḍhuṣa.
Through manly vigor, ten sons were born from Śūra upon Bhojā:

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Mighty-armed Vasudeva, formerly called Ānakadundubhi;
then Devamārga was born, and then Devaśravas;

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Anādhṛṣṭi, Śini, Nanda, and Sṛñjaya,
Śyāma, Śamīka, and Saṃyūpa; and his five noble women [daughters]:

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Śrutakīrti, Pṛthā, Śrutadevī, Śrutaśravā,
and Rājādhidevī—these five mothers of heroes.

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Śrutadevī bore to Kṛta a son named Sugrīva;
and upon Śrutakīrti, [married into] Kaikeya, that king Anuvrata was born.

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And upon Śrutaśravā, Sunītha was born to the king of Cedi;
he acted righteously in many ways and became a crusher of foes.

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Then, out of friendship, he gave his daughter to the aged Kuntibhoja;
thus Pṛthā, the sister of Vasudeva, came to be known as Kuntī.

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Given by Vasudeva, she, blameless, became the wife of Pāṇḍu;
for Pāṇḍu's sake, she gave birth to sons of gods, great car-warriors.

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Yudhiṣṭhira was born from Dharma; Vṛkodara was born from Vāyu;
and Dhanañjaya, equal in prowess to Śakra, was born from Indra.

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And on Mādravatī, we have heard, Nakula and Sahadeva,
endowed with beauty, character, and virtue, were begotten by the Aśvins.

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Rohiṇī, called Pauravī, was indeed the wife of Ānakadundubhi;
she obtained her eldest son Rāma and her beloved son Sāraṇa,

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Durdama, Damana, Śubhru, Piṇḍāraka, and Mahāhanu;
two fair-eyed girls were also born of Rohiṇī then.

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From Śauri upon Devakī were born Suṣeṇa, Kīrtimant,
Udāsī, Bhadrasena, and likewise Ṛṣivāsa,
and the sixth, Bhadravideha; Kaṃsa killed them all.

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On the first new-moon night of the rainy season that was to come,
on that night the mighty-armed ancient lord of progeny, Kṛṣṇa, was born.

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His younger sister was Kṛṣṇā, the sweetly speaking Subhadrā;
and upon Devakī was born the exceedingly fiery hero of great renown.

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And Sahadeva, the Śauri who upheld the lineage, was born of Tāmrā;
Devarakṣitā bore a son, Upāsaṅgadhara,
and a fortunate daughter, whom Kaṃsa killed.

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Vijaya, Rocamāna, Vardhamāna, and Devala—
all these great-souled sons were born of Upadevī.

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And the great-souled Avagāha was born of Vṛkadevī;
upon Vṛkadevī was also born one named Nandaka.

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The seventh son Devakī bore was Madana, O king,
[and] the fortunate Gaveṣaṇa, unvanquished in battles.

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Long ago, wandering in the forest for sport with Śraddhādevī,
Śauri begot an eldest son, Kauśika, on a Vaiśya woman.

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Sutanū and Ratharājī were two wives of Śauri;
Puṇḍra and Kapila were two mighty sons of Vasudeva.

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There was a hunter named Jarā, the foremost of archers;
and Saubhadra and Bhava became endowed with great strength.

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And the son of Devabhāga is known by the name of Uddhava;
they call the first wise one born of Devaśravas.

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The illustrious Ikṣvāku princess obtained an offspring from Anādhṛṣṭi,
Śatrughna of suppressed passion; from him was born Śrāddha.

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To childless Karūṣa, Kṛṣṇa, being pleased, gave a son,
Sucandra, the fortunate, vigorous, and exceedingly strong.

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These two were sons of Jāmbavatī, marked with auspicious signs,
Cārudeṣṇa and Sāmba, vigorous and exceedingly strong.

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Tantipāla and Tanti were both sons of Nandana;
Śamīka had four sons, valiant and very mighty:
Virāja, Dhanu, Śyāma, and Sṛñjaya.

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Śyāma remained childless, but Śamīka went to the forest;
feeling disgust with being a Bhoja, he attained royal sagehood.

46.29

A person who constantly recites or always listens
to the rising birth of Kṛṣṇa is released from all sins.

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