The Lineage of Kashyapa, Part Two

Verse 1 (shiva.uma.33.1)

सूत उवाच । एष मन्वन्तरे तात सर्गः स्वारोचिषे स्मृतः । वैवस्वते तु महति वारुणे वित ते क्रतौ

sūta uvāca eṣa manvantare tāta sargaḥ svārociṣe smṛtaḥ vaivasvate tu mahati vāruṇe vita te kratau

Suta said: O dear one, this creation is remembered as having occurred in the Svarochisha manvantara; but I shall relate it in the context of that great Varuna sacrifice, extended in the time of the great Vaivasvata manvantara.

Verse 2 (shiva.uma.33.2)

जुह्वानस्य ब्रह्मणो वै प्रजासर्ग इहोच्यते । पूर्वं यानथ ब्रह्मर्षीनुत्पन्नान् सप्त मानसान्

juhvānasya brahmaṇo vai prajāsarga ihocyate pūrvaṁ yānatha brahmarṣīnutpannān sapta mānasān

Here is told the creation of progeny arising from Brahma's oblation; hear now of those seven mind-born brahmarshis, born earlier.

Verse 3 (shiva.uma.33.3)

पुत्रान्वै कल्पयामास स्वयमेव पितामहः । तेषां विरोधो देवानां दानवानां महाॠषे

putrānvai kalpayāmāsa svayameva pitāmahaḥ teṣāṁ virodho devānāṁ dānavānāṁ mahāṝṣe

The Grandsire himself fashioned them as his own sons; among them, O great sage, arose that conflict between the gods and the danavas.

Verse 4 (shiva.uma.33.4)

दितिर्विनष्टपुत्रा तु कश्यपं समुपस्थिता । स कश्यपः प्रसन्नात्मा सम्गयगाराधितस्तया

ditirvinaṣṭaputrā tu kaśyapaṁ samupasthitā sa kaśyapaḥ prasannātmā samgayagārādhitastayā

Diti, her sons having perished, came to Kashyapa; that Kashyapa, his heart pleased, being duly propitiated by her,

Verse 5 (shiva.uma.33.5)

वरेणच्छन्दयामास सा च वव्रे वरं तदा । पुत्रमिन्द्रवधार्थाय समर्थममितौजसम्

vareṇacchandayāmāsa sā ca vavre varaṁ tadā putramindravadhārthāya samarthamamitaujasam

offered her a boon; and she then chose the boon of a son capable, of measureless might, for the purpose of slaying Indra.

Verse 6 (shiva.uma.33.6)

स तस्यै च वरं प्रादात्प्रार्थितं सुमहातपाः । ब्रह्मचर्य्यादिनियमं प्राह चैव शतं समाः

sa tasyai ca varaṁ prādātprārthitaṁ sumahātapāḥ brahmacaryyādiniyamaṁ prāha caiva śataṁ samāḥ

He, of great austerity, granted her the requested boon, and prescribed for her the observance of celibacy and other vows for a hundred years.

Verse 7 (shiva.uma.33.7)

धारयामास गर्भं तु शुचिः सा वरवर्णिनी । ब्रह्मचर्य्यादिनियमं दितिर्दध्रे तथैव वै

dhārayāmāsa garbhaṁ tu śuciḥ sā varavarṇinī brahmacaryyādiniyamaṁ ditirdadhre tathaiva vai

That fair one, pure, bore the embryo within her; and Diti likewise kept the vow of celibacy and the other observances.

Verse 8 (shiva.uma.33.8)

ततस्त्वाधाय सो दित्यां गर्भं तं शंसितव्रतः । जगाम कश्यपस्तप्तुं तपः संहृष्टमानसः

tatastvādhāya so dityāṁ garbhaṁ taṁ śaṁsitavrataḥ jagāma kaśyapastaptuṁ tapaḥ saṁhṛṣṭamānasaḥ

Then, having placed that embryo in Diti, Kashyapa, his vow fulfilled, went, his mind rejoicing, to practice austerity.

Verse 9 (shiva.uma.33.9)

तस्याश्चैवान्तरं प्रेप्सुः सोऽभवत्पाकशासनः । ऊनवर्षे शते चास्या ददर्शान्तरमेव सः

tasyāścaivāntaraṁ prepsuḥ so'bhavatpākaśāsanaḥ ūnavarṣe śate cāsyā dadarśāntarameva saḥ

And Indra too kept seeking an opening in her vow; in the hundredth year lacking one, he found just such a chance.

Verse 10 (shiva.uma.33.10)

अकृत्वा पादयोः शौचं दितिरर्वाक्षिरास्तदा । निद्रामाहारयामास भाविनोऽर्थस्य गौरवात्

akṛtvā pādayoḥ śaucaṁ ditirarvākṣirāstadā nidrāmāhārayāmāsa bhāvino'rthasya gauravāt

Diti, without washing her feet, lying with her head turned improperly, fell asleep, through the weight of the fated event to come.

Verse 11 (shiva.uma.33.11)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शक्रस्तस्याः कुक्षिं प्रविश्य सः । वज्रपाणिस्तु तं गर्भं सप्तधा हि न्यकृन्तत

etasminnantare śakrastasyāḥ kukṣiṁ praviśya saḥ vajrapāṇistu taṁ garbhaṁ saptadhā hi nyakṛntata

In that interval, Shakra, entering her womb, he who bears the thunderbolt, cut that embryo into seven pieces.

Verse 12 (shiva.uma.33.12)

स पाट्यमानो गर्भोऽथ वज्रेण प्ररुरोद ह । रुदन्तं सप्तधैकैकं मा रोदीरिति तान्पुनः । चकर्त वज्रपाणिस्तान्नेव मम्रुस्तथापि ते

sa pāṭyamāno garbho'tha vajreṇa praruroda ha rudantaṁ saptadhaikaikaṁ mā rodīriti tānpunaḥ cakarta vajrapāṇistānneva mamrustathāpi te

That embryo, being cleft by the thunderbolt, wept aloud; and to each weeping piece, saying 'Do not weep,' the thunderbolt-bearer cut it again, yet still they did not die.

Verse 13 (shiva.uma.33.13)

ते तमूचुः पाट्यमानाः सर्वे प्राञ्जलयो मुने । नो जिघांससि किं शक्र भ्रातरो मरुतस्तव

te tamūcuḥ pāṭyamānāḥ sarve prāñjalayo mune no jighāṁsasi kiṁ śakra bhrātaro marutastava

O sage, all of them, being cut, said to him with joined palms: 'Why, O Shakra, do you wish to slay us? We are your own brothers, the Maruts.'

Verse 14 (shiva.uma.33.14)

इन्द्रेण स्वीकृतास्ते हि भ्रातृत्वे सर्व एव च । तत्यजुर्द्दैत्यभावं ते विप्रर्षे शङ्करेच्छया

indreṇa svīkṛtāste hi bhrātṛtve sarva eva ca tatyajurddaityabhāvaṁ te viprarṣe śaṅkarecchayā

Accepted by Indra as brothers, all of them, O sage among brahmins, abandoned their demon-nature by the will of Shankara.

Verse 15 (shiva.uma.33.15)

मरुतो नाम ते देवा बभूवुः सुमहाबलाः । खगा एकोनपञ्चाशत्सहाया वज्रपाणिनः

maruto nāma te devā babhūvuḥ sumahābalāḥ khagā ekonapañcāśatsahāyā vajrapāṇinaḥ

They became gods named the Maruts, of very great might — forty-nine sky-going companions of the wielder of the thunderbolt.

Verse 16 (shiva.uma.33.16)

तेषामेव प्रवृद्धानां हरिः प्रादात्प्रजापतिः । क्रमशस्तानि राज्यानि पृथुपूर्वं शृणुष्व तत्

teṣāmeva pravṛddhānāṁ hariḥ prādātprajāpatiḥ kramaśastāni rājyāni pṛthupūrvaṁ śaṛṇuṣva tat

To them, thus grown, Hari the Prajapati gave, in due order, their sovereignties, beginning with Prithu — hear that.

Verse 17 (shiva.uma.33.17)

अरिष्टः पुरुषो वीरः कृष्णो जिष्णुः प्रजापतिः । पर्जन्यस्तु धनाध्यक्षस्तस्य सर्वमिदं जगत्

ariṣṭaḥ puruṣo vīraḥ kṛṣṇo jiṣṇuḥ prajāpatiḥ parjanyastu dhanādhyakṣastasya sarvamidaṁ jagat

Arishta, Purusha, Vira, Krishna, Jishnu, Prajapati, and Parjanya, the overseer of wealth — theirs is this whole world.

Verse 18 (shiva.uma.33.18)

भूतसर्गमिमं सम्यगवोचं ते महामुने । विभागं शृणु राज्यानां क्रमशस्तं ब्रुवेऽधुना

bhūtasargamimaṁ samyagavocaṁ te mahāmune vibhāgaṁ śaṛṇu rājyānāṁ kramaśastaṁ bruve'dhunā

I have told you truly this creation of beings, O great sage; now hear the division of their sovereignties, which I shall now relate in order.

Verse 19 (shiva.uma.33.19)

अभिषिच्याधिराज्ये तु पृथुं वैन्यं पितामहः । ततः क्रमेण राज्यानि व्यादेष्टुमुपचक्रमे

abhiṣicyādhirājye tu pṛthuṁ vainyaṁ pitāmahaḥ tataḥ krameṇa rājyāni vyādeṣṭumupacakrame

Having consecrated Prithu, son of Vena, to the supreme sovereignty, the Grandsire then began to assign, in order, the other sovereignties.

Verse 20 (shiva.uma.33.20)

द्विजानां वीरुधां चैव नक्षत्रग्रहयोस्तथा । यज्ञानां तपसां चैव सोमं राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत्

dvijānāṁ vīrudhāṁ caiva nakṣatragrahayostathā yajñānāṁ tapasāṁ caiva somaṁ rājye'bhyaṣecayat

Soma was consecrated to sovereignty over the twice-born, over plants and creepers, over the constellations and planets, over sacrifices, and over austerities.

Verse 21 (shiva.uma.33.21)

अपां तु वरुणं राज्ये राज्ञां वैश्रवणं प्रभुम् । आदित्यानां तथा विष्णुं वसूनामथ पावकम्

apāṁ tu varuṇaṁ rājye rājñāṁ vaiśravaṇaṁ prabhum ādityānāṁ tathā viṣṇuṁ vasūnāmatha pāvakam

Varuna was consecrated to sovereignty over the waters; the lord Vaishravana over kings; Vishnu over the Adityas; and Pavaka over the Vasus.

Verse 22 (shiva.uma.33.22)

प्रजापतीनां दक्षं तु मरुतामथ वासवम् । दैत्यानां दानवानां च प्रह्लादममितौजसम्

prajāpatīnāṁ dakṣaṁ tu marutāmatha vāsavam daityānāṁ dānavānāṁ ca prahlādamamitaujasam

Daksha over the Prajapatis; Vasava over the Maruts; and Prahlada, of measureless might, over the Daityas and Danavas.

Verse 23 (shiva.uma.33.23)

वैवस्वतं पितॄणां च यमं राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् । मातॄणां च व्रतानां च मन्त्राणां च तथा गवाम्

vaivasvataṁ pitṝṇāṁ ca yamaṁ rājye'bhyaṣecayat mātṝṇāṁ ca vratānāṁ ca mantrāṇāṁ ca tathā gavām

Yama Vaivasvata was consecrated to sovereignty over the Pitrs, and likewise over the Mothers, the sacred vows, the mantras, and the cattle.

Verse 24 (shiva.uma.33.24)

यक्षाणां राक्षसानां च पार्थिवानां तथैव च । सर्वभूतपिशाचानां गिरिशं शूलपाणिनम्

yakṣāṇāṁ rākṣasānāṁ ca pārthivānāṁ tathaiva ca sarvabhūtapiśācānāṁ giriśaṁ śūlapāṇinam

Girisha, the trident-bearer, was consecrated over the Yakshas and Rakshasas, over earthly beings, and over all bhutas and pishachas.

Verse 25 (shiva.uma.33.25)

शैलानां हिमवन्तं च नदीनामथ सागरम् । मृगाणामथ शार्दूलं गोवृषं तु गवामपि

śailānāṁ himavantaṁ ca nadīnāmatha sāgaram mṛgāṇāmatha śārdūlaṁ govṛṣaṁ tu gavāmapi

Himavan over the mountains; the ocean over the rivers; the tiger over the wild beasts; and the bull over the cattle.

Verse 26 (shiva.uma.33.26)

वनस्पतीनां वृक्षाणां वटं राज्येऽभ्यषेचयत् । इति दत्तं प्रजेशेन राज्यं सर्वत्र वै क्रमात्

vanaspatīnāṁ vṛkṣāṇāṁ vaṭaṁ rājye'bhyaṣecayat iti dattaṁ prajeśena rājyaṁ sarvatra vai kramāt

The banyan was consecrated over the forest-trees and plants. Thus was sovereignty bestowed everywhere, in due order, by the Lord of creatures.

Verse 27 (shiva.uma.33.27)

पूर्वस्यां दिशि पुत्रं तु वैराजस्य प्रजापतेः । स्थापयामास सर्वात्मा राज्ये विश्वपतिर्विभुः

pūrvasyāṁ diśi putraṁ tu vairājasya prajāpateḥ sthāpayāmāsa sarvātmā rājye viśvapatirvibhuḥ

In the eastern direction, the all-souled, all-pervading Lord established in sovereignty the son of the Prajapati Viraja.

Verse 28 (shiva.uma.33.28)

तथैव मुनिशार्दूल कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः । दक्षिणस्यां तथा पुत्रं सुधन्वानमचीक्लृपत्

tathaiva muniśārdūla kardamasya prajāpateḥ dakṣiṇasyāṁ tathā putraṁ sudhanvānamacīklṛpat

Likewise, O foremost of sages, in the southern direction he appointed Sudhanvan, son of the Prajapati Kardama.

Verse 29 (shiva.uma.33.29)

पश्चिमायां दिशि तथा रजसः पुत्रमच्युतम् । केतुमन्तं महात्मानं राजानं व्यादिशत्प्रभुः

paścimāyāṁ diśi tathā rajasaḥ putramacyutam ketumantaṁ mahātmānaṁ rājānaṁ vyādiśatprabhuḥ

And in the western direction, the Lord appointed as king the great-souled Ketumat, unfailing son of Rajas.

Verse 30 (shiva.uma.33.30)

तथा हिरण्यरोमाणं पर्जन्यस्य प्रजापतेः । उदीच्यां दिशि राजानं दुर्धर्षं सोऽभ्यषेचयत्

tathā hiraṇyaromāṇaṁ parjanyasya prajāpateḥ udīcyāṁ diśi rājānaṁ durdharṣaṁ so'bhyaṣecayat

And in the northern direction, he consecrated as king Hiranyaroman, unassailable son of the Prajapati Parjanya.

Verse 31 (shiva.uma.33.31)

तस्य विस्तारमाख्यातं पृथोर्वैन्यस्य शौनक । महर्ध्यै तदधिष्ठानं पुराणं परिकीर्तितम्

tasya vistāramākhyātaṁ pṛthorvainyasya śaunaka mahardhyai tadadhiṣṭhānaṁ purāṇaṁ parikīrtitam

Thus, O Shaunaka, has been told the full extent of Prithu, son of Vena — this ancient seat of great prosperity has been fully proclaimed.