An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s7.616.13
An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s7.616.13
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it was his soul that repaired to Brahmán and obtained the boon that a half of Çiva should be born as the son of K.).—§ 768δ (do.): Çiva said: *Hari has ten arms, a curl of hair on his breast,* curly locks, Brahmán has risen from his abdomen, I (Çiva) from his head, the gods and Asuras from the hairs of his body, the rshis, etc., from his body; assuming a human form, he will cause all the kings on earth to be slain in battle in order to achieve the purposes of the gods; he is identical with Brahmán (brahmabhūtasya satatam) and the refuge of the Devarshis, and the abode of Brahmán, Çiva, and of all the gods; he is armed with the cakra and the çankha, has Garuḍa for his standard, his illusive power depends upon yoga, and he has a thousand eyes; he will take birth in the race of Prajāpati Manu as Krshna (Vāsudeva). The stem of genealogy will be the following: Manu > Aṅga > Antardhāman > Havirdhāman (Prajāpatir aninditaḥ) > Prācīnabarhis > Pracetas (+ nine other sons) > Daksha Prajāpati > Dākshāyaṇī > Aditya > Manu > Ilā (= Sudyumna) > Budha > Purūravas > Āyu > Nahusha > Yayāti > Yadu > Kroshṭr > Vrijinivat > Rshadgu (B. Ushaṅgu) > Citraratha > Çūra (younger son) > Vasudeva Ānakadundubhi > [Krshna] Vāsudeva. K. will have four arms, love and be beloved by the brahmans; he will liberate the kings confused by the Magadha king Jarāsandha; he will be the king of all kings on earth;