Chapter 2

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
sa sṛṣṭāsu prajāsvevamāpavo vai prajāpatiḥ |
lebhe vai puruṣaḥ patnīṃ śatarūpāmayonijām || 1 ||
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āpavasya mahimnā tu divamāvṛtya tiṣṭhataḥ |
dharmeṇaiva mahārāja śatarūpā vyajāyata || 2 ||
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sā tu varṣāyutaṃ taptvā tapaḥ paramaduścaram |
bhartāraṃ dīptatapasaṃ puruṣaṃ pratyapadyata || 3 ||
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sa vai svāyaṃbhuvastāta puruṣo manurucyate |
tasyaikasaptatiyugaṃ manvantaramihocyate || 4 ||
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vairājātpuruṣādvīraṃ śatarūpā vyajāta |
priyavratottānapādau vīrātkāmyā vyajāyata || 5 ||
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kāmyā nāma mahābāho kardamasya prajāpateḥ |
sutā sutapasā yuktā mahatī lokadhāriṇī |
kāmyāputrāśca catvāraḥ samrāṭ kukṣirvirāṭ prabhuḥ || 6 ||
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priyavrataṃ samāsādya patiṃ sājanayatsutān || 6 ||
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uttānapādaṃ jagrāha putramatriḥ prajāpatiḥ |
uttānapādāccaturaḥ sūnṛtā suṣuve sutān || 7 ||
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dharmasya kanyā suśroṇī sūnṛtā nāma viśrutā |
utpannā vāci dharmeṇa dhruvasya jananī śubhā || 8 ||
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dhruvaṃ ca kīrtimantaṃ cāpyayasmantamayaspatim |
uttānapādo'janayatsūnṛtāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ || 9 ||
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dhruvo varṣasahasrāṇi trīṇi divyāni bhārata |
tapastepe mahārāja prārthayan sumahad yaśaḥ || 10 ||
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tasmai brahmā dadau prītaḥ sthānamātmasamaṃ prabhuḥ |
acalaṃ caiva purataḥ saptarṣīṇāṃ prajāpatiḥ || 11 ||
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tasyābhimānamṛddhiṃ ca mahimānaṃ nirīkṣya ca |
devāsurāṇāmācāryaḥ ślokamapyuśanā jagau || 12 ||
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aho yasya tapaso vīryamaho śrutamaho vratam |
yamadya purataḥ kṛtvā dhruvaṃ saptarṣayaḥ sthitāḥ || 13 ||
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tasmācchliṣṭaṃ ca mānyaṃ ca dhruvācchamburvyajāyata |
śliṣṭerādhatta succhāyā pañca putrānakalmaṣān |
prācīnagarbhaṃ vṛkatiṃ vṛkalaṃ vṛkatejasam |
patnī prācīnagarbhasya sūnṛtā suṣuve nṛpa |
nāmnodāradhiyaṃ putramindro yaḥ pūrvajanmani || udāradhīḥ sutaṃ bhadrā janayadvai divaṃjayam |
ripuṃ ripuṃjayaṃ jajñe varāṅgī sā divaṃjayāt |
ripuṃ ripuṃjayaṃ vipraṃ vṛkalam vṛkatejasam || 14 ||
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riporādhatta bṛhatī cākṣuṣaṃ sarvatejasam |
ajījanatpuṣkariṇyāṃ vairaṇyāṃ cākṣuṣo manum || 15 ||
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prajāpaterātmajāyāṃ vīraṇasya mahātmanaḥ |
manorajāyanta daśa naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ |
kanyāyāṃ bharataśreṣṭha vairājasya prajāpateḥ || 16 ||
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ūruḥ pūruḥ śatadyumnastapasvī satyavitkaviḥ |
agniṣṭudatirātraśca sudyumnaśceti tenava |
abhimanyuśca daśamo naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ || 17 ||
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ūror'janayatputrān ṣaḍāgneyī mahāprabhān |
aṅgaṃ sumanasaṃ svātiṃ kratumāṅgirasaṃ śivam || 18 ||
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aṅgātsunīthāpatyaṃ vai venamekaṃ vyajāyata |
apacāreṇa venasya prakopaḥ sumahānabhūt || 19 ||
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prajārthamṛṣayo'thāsya mamanthurdakṣiṇaṃ karam |
venasya pāṇau mathite saṃbabhūva mahānṛṣiḥ || 20 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ prāhureṣa vai muditāḥ prajāḥ |
kariṣyati mahātejā yaśaśca prāpsyate mahat || 21 ||
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sa dhanvī kavacī jātastejasā nirdahanniva |
baddhagodhāṅgulitravān |
prajārakṣākṛtotsāhaḥ |
pṛthurvainyastadā cemāṃ rarakṣa kṣatrapūrvajaḥ || 22 ||
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rājasūyābhiṣiktānāmādyaḥ sa vasudhādhipaḥ |
tasmāccaiva samutpannau nipuṇau sūtamagadhau || 23 ||
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teneyaṃ gaurmahārāja dugdhā sasyāni bhārata |
prajānāṃ vṛttikāmena devaiḥ sarṣigaṇaiḥ saha || 24 ||
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sarpaiḥ puṇyajanaiścaiva vīrudbhiḥ parvataistathā || 25 ||
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teṣu teṣu ca pātreṣu duhyamānā vasuṃdharā |
prādād yathepsitaṃ kṣīraṃ tena prāṇānadhāryan || 26 ||
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pṛthuputrau tu dharmajñau jajñāte'ntardhipālinau |
śikhaṇḍinī havirdhānamantardhānādvyājāyata || 27 ||
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havirdhānāt ṣaḍāgneyī dhiṣaṇājanayatsutān |
prācīnabarhiṣaṃ śukraṃ gayaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vrajājinau || 28 ||
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prācīnabarhirbhagavānmahānāsītprajāpatiḥ |
havirdhānānmahārāja yena saṃvardhitāḥ prajāḥ || 29 ||
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prācīnāgrāḥ kuśāstasya pṛthivyāṃ janamejaya |
prācīnabarherabhavanpṛthivītalacāriṇaḥ || 30 ||
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samudratanayāyāṃ tu kṛtadāro'bhavatprabhuḥ |
mahatastapasaḥ pāre savarṇāyāṃ mahīpatiḥ || 31 ||
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savarṇādhatta sāmudrī daśa prācīnabarhiṣaḥ |
putrānvai janayāmāsa sarvalokābhipūjitān |
sarve pracetasa nāma dhanurvedasya pāragāḥ || 32 ||
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apṛthagdharmacaraṇāste'tapyanta mahattapaḥ |
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi samudrasalileśayāḥ || 33 ||
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tapaścaratsu pṛthivīṃ pracetaḥsu mahīruhaḥ |
arakṣyamāṇāmāvavrurbabhūvātha prajākṣayaḥ || 34 ||
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pratyāhṛtāḥ prajāḥ sarvāścākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ || 34 ||
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nāśakanmāruto vātuṃ vṛtaṃ khamabhavaddrumaiḥ |
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi na śekuśceṣṭituṃ prajāḥ || 35 ||
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tadupaśrutya tapasā yuktāḥ sarve pracetasaḥ |
prācetasamupastavya tapasaḥ sarvaparvataiḥ |
mukhebhyo vāyumagniṃ ca te'sṛjañjātamanyavaḥ || 36 ||
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unmūlānatha vṛkṣāṃstān kṛtvā vāyuraśoṣayat |
tānagniradahadghora evamāsīddrumakṣayaḥ || 37 ||
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drumakṣayamatho buddhvā kiṃcicchiṣṭeṣu śākhiṣu |
upagamyābravīdetān rājā somaḥ pratāpavān || 38 ||
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kopaṃ yacchata rājānaḥ sarve prācīnabarhiṣaḥ |
vṛkṣaśūnyā kṛtā pṛthvī śāmyetāmagnimārutau || 39 ||
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ratnabhūtā ca kanyeyaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ varavarṇinī |
bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā tāta dhṛtā garbheṇa vai mayā || 40 ||
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māriṣā nāma nāmnaiṣā vṛkṣāṇāmiti nirmitā |
bhāryā vo'stu mahābhāgā somavaṃśavivardhinī || 41 ||
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yuṣmākaṃ tejaso'rdhena mama cārdhena tejasaḥ |
asyāmutpatsyate vidvāndakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ || 42 ||
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sa imāṃ dagdhabhūyiṣṭhāṃ yuṣmattejomayena vai |
agnināgnisamo bhūyaḥ prajāḥ saṃvardhayiṣyati || 43 ||
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tataḥ somasya vacanājjagṛhuste pracetasaḥ |
saṃhṛtya kopaṃ vṛkṣebhyaḥ patnīṃ dharmeṇa māriṣām || 44 ||
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māriṣāyāṃ tataste vai manasā garbhamādadhuḥ || 44 ||
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daśabhyastu pracetobhyo māriṣāyāṃ prajāpatiḥ |
dakṣo jajñe mahātejāḥ somasyāṃśena bhārata || 45 ||
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putrānutpādayāmāsa somavaṃśavivardhanān |
acarāṃśca carāṃścaiva dvipado'tha catuṣpadaḥ || 46 ||
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sa sṛṣṭvā manasā dakṣaḥ palścādasṛjata striyaḥ |
tadā prajāvivṛddhyarthaṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ |
dadau sa daśa darmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa |
śiṣṭāḥ somāya rājñe tu nakṣatrākhyā dadau prabhuḥ || 47 ||
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tāsu devā khagā gāvo nāgā ditijadānavāḥ |
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva jajñire'nyāśca jātayaḥ || 48 ||
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tataḥprabhṛti rājendra prajā maithunasaṃbhavāḥ |
saṃkalpāddarśanātsparśātpūrveṣāṃ sṛṣṭirucyate || 49 ||
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janamejaya uvāca |
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām |
saṃbhavaḥ kathitaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣasya ca mahātmanaḥ || 50 ||
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aṅguṣṭhādbrahmaṇo jāto dakṣaścoktastvayānagha |
vāmāṅguṣṭhāttathā caiva tasya patnī vyajāyata |
kathaṃ prācetasatvaṃ sa punarlebhe mahātapāḥ || 51 ||
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etaṃ me saṃśayaṃ vipra vyākhyātuṃ tvamihārhasi |
dauhitraścaiva somasya kathaṃ śvaśuratāṃ gataḥ || 52 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
utpattiśca nirodhaśca nityau bhūteṣu bhārata |
ṛṣayo'tra na muhyanti vidyāvantaśca ye janāḥ || 53 ||
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yuge yuge bhavantyete sarve dakṣādayo nṛpa |
punaścaiva nirudhyante vidvāṃstatra na muhyati || 54 ||
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jyaiṣṭhyaṃ kāniṣṭhyamapyeṣāṃ pūrvaṃ nāsījjanādhipa |
tapa eva garīyo'bhūtprabhāvaścaiva kāraṇam || 55 ||
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imāṃ hi sṛṣṭiṃ dakṣasya yo vidyātsacarācaram |
prajāvānāyuruttīrṇaḥ svargaloke mahīyate || 56 ||
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divyānbhogānavāpnoti rambhādistrībhirāvṛtaḥ || 56 ||
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