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Library: Lineages described, and why Puru’s name is given for the prominent one!

ययात्युपाख्यानम्

yayātyupākhyānam

[ययाति (yayāti) - Yayāti; उपाख्यानम् (upākhyānam) - subsidiary narration;]

(Yayāti's subsidiary narration.)

The tale of Yayāti.

वैशम्पायन उवाच॥

vaiśampāyana uvāca॥

[वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Vaiśampāyana said.)

Vaiśampāyana said.

प्रजापतेस्तु दक्षस्य मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य च। भरतस्य कुरोः पूरोरजमीढस्य चान्वये ॥०१-७०-१॥

prajāpates tu dakṣasya manor vaivasvatasya ca। bharatasya kuroḥ pūror ajamīḍhasya cānvaye ॥01-70-1॥

[प्रजापतेः (prajāpateḥ) - of Prajāpati, lord of creatures; तु (tu) - but, indeed; दक्षस्य (dakṣasya) - of Dakṣa; मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu; वैवस्वतस्य (vaivasvatasya) - of Vaivasvata, son of Vivasvat; च (ca) - and; भरतस्य (bharatasya) - of Bharata; कुरोः (kuroḥ) - of Kuru; पूरोः (pūroḥ) - of Pūru; अजमीढस्य (ajamīḍhasya) - of Ajamīḍha; च (ca) - and; अन्वये (anvaye) - in the lineage;]

(But in the lineage of Prajāpati Dakṣa, of Manu Vaivasvata, and of Bharata, of Kuru, of Pūru, and of Ajamīḍha.)

In the lineage of Prajāpati Dakṣa, of Manu Vaivasvata, and of Bharata, Kuru, Pūru, and Ajamīḍha. (01-70-1)

यादवानामिमं वंशं पौरवाणां च सर्वशः। तथैव भारतानां च पुण्यं स्वस्त्ययनं महत् ॥ धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं कीर्तयिष्यामि तेऽनघ ॥०१-७०-२॥

yādavānāmimaṃ vaṃśaṃ pauravāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ। tathaiva bhāratānāṃ ca puṇyaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat ॥ dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi te'nagha ॥01-70-2॥

[यादवानाम् (yādavānām) - of the Yādavas; इमम् (imam) - this; वंशम् (vaṃśam) - lineage; पौरवाणाम् (pauravāṇām) - of the Pauravas; च (ca) - and; सर्वशः (sarvaśaḥ) - entirely; तथा (tathā) - likewise; एव (eva) - indeed; भारतानाम् (bhāratānām) - of the Bhāratas; च (ca) - and; पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - holy; स्वस्त्ययनम् (svastyayanam) - a way to well-being; महत् (mahat) - great; धन्यम् (dhanyam) - blessed; यशस्यम् (yaśasyam) - fame-giving; आयुष्यम् (āyuṣyam) - life-giving; कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I shall proclaim; ते (te) - to you; अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one;]

(Of the Yādavas this lineage, and of the Pauravas completely, and likewise of the Bhāratas, holy, a great way to well-being, blessed, fame-giving, life-giving, I shall proclaim to you, O sinless one.)

I shall fully recount to you, O sinless one, this lineage of the Yādavas, the Pauravas, and likewise the Bhāratas, which is holy, greatly auspicious, blessed, fame-giving, and life-giving. (01-70-2)

तेजोभिरुदिताः सर्वे महर्षिसमतेजसः। दश प्रचेतसः पुत्राः सन्तः पूर्वजनाः स्मृताः ॥ मेघजेनाग्निना ये ते पूर्वं दग्धा महौजसः ॥०१-७०-३॥

tejobhiruditāḥ sarve maharṣisamatejasaḥ। daśa pracetasaḥ putrāḥ santaḥ pūrvajanāḥ smṛtāḥ ॥ meghajenāgninā ye te pūrvaṁ dagdhā mahaujasaḥ ॥01-70-3॥

[तेजोभिः (tejobhiḥ) - by splendors; उदिताः (uditāḥ) - arisen; सर्वे (sarve) - all; महा (mahā) - great; ऋषि (ṛṣi) - seer; सम (sama) - equal; तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - whose splendor; दश (daśa) - ten; प्रचेतसः (pracetasaḥ) - the Pracetases; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; सन्तः (santaḥ) - being virtuous ones; पूर्व (pūrva) - former; जनाः (janāḥ) - born people; स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - remembered; मेघजेन (meghajena) - by the cloud-born; अग्निना (agninā) - by fire; ये (ye) - who; ते (te) - those; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly; दग्धाः (dagdhāḥ) - burned; महा (mahā) - great; ओजसः (ojasaḥ) - whose vigor;]

(By splendors arisen, all equal in splendor to great seers, the ten Pracetases, sons, being virtuous, are remembered as former-born ones; by cloud-born fire, those mighty ones who were formerly burned.)

All the ten Pracetases, the sons, radiant with splendors and equal in brilliance to great seers, being virtuous, are remembered as ancient forefathers, those mighty ones who were formerly burned by fire born from a cloud. (01-70-3)

तेभ्यः प्राचेतसो जज्ञे दक्षो दक्षादिमाः प्रजाः। सम्भूताः पुरुषव्याघ्र स हि लोकपितामहः ॥०१-७०-४॥

tebhyaḥ prācetaso jajñe dakṣo dakṣādimāḥ prajāḥ। sambhūtāḥ puruṣavyāghra sa hi lokapitāmahaḥ ॥01-70-4॥

[तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - from them; प्राचेतसः (prācetasaḥ) - Prācetasa, descendant of Pracetas; जज्ञे (jajñe) - was born; दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa; दक्षात् (dakṣāt) - from Dakṣa; इमाः (imāḥ) - these; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - progenies; सम्भूताः (sambhūtāḥ) - came into being; पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - O tiger among men; सः (saḥ) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; लोकपितामहः (lokapitāmahaḥ) - grandsire of the world;]

(From them Prācetasa Dakṣa was born; from Dakṣa these progenies came into being, O tiger among men; for he is the grandsire of the world. (01-70-4))

From them was born Dakṣa, the Prācetasa. From Dakṣa these progenies came into being, O tiger among men, for he is the grandsire of the world. (01-70-4)

वीरिण्या सह सङ्गम्य दक्षः प्राचेतसो मुनिः। आत्मतुल्यानजनयत्सहस्रं संशितव्रतान् ॥०१-७०-५॥

vīriṇyā saha saṅgamya dakṣaḥ prācetaso muniḥ। ātmatulyānajanayatsahasraṃ saṃśitavratān ॥01-70-5॥

[वीरिण्या (vīriṇyā) - with Vīriṇī; सह (saha) - together with; सङ्गम्य (saṅgamya) - having united; दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa; प्राचेतसः (prācetasaḥ) - son of Pracetas; मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage; आत्मतुल्यान् (ātmatulyān) - equal to himself; अजनयत् (ajanayat) - begot; सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand; संशितव्रतान् (saṃśitavratān) - of sharpened vows;]

(Having united with Vīriṇī, Dakṣa, the Prācetasa sage, begot a thousand equal to himself, of sharpened vows. (01-70-5))

After uniting with Vīriṇī, Dakṣa, the sage descended from Pracetas, begot a thousand sons equal to himself and firm in their vows. (01-70-5)

सहस्रसङ्ख्यान्समितान्सुतान्दक्षस्य नारदः। मोक्षमध्यापयामास साङ्ख्यज्ञानमनुत्तमम् ॥०१-७०-६॥

sahasrasaṅkhyānsamitānsutāndakṣasya nāradaḥ। mokṣamadhyāpayāmāsa sāṅkhyajñānamanuttamam ॥01-70-6॥

[सहस्रसङ्ख्यान् (sahasra-saṅkhyān) - numbered by thousands; समितान् (samitān) - assembled; सुतान् (sutān) - sons; दक्षस्य (dakṣasya) - of Dakṣa; नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada; मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation; अध्यापयामास (adhyāpayāmāsa) - taught; साङ्ख्यज्ञानम् (sāṅkhya-jñānam) - Sāṅkhya knowledge; अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed;]

(Nārada taught liberation, the unsurpassed Sāṅkhya knowledge, to the thousand-numbered, assembled sons of Dakṣa.)

Nārada taught the assembled thousand sons of Dakṣa liberation, the unsurpassed knowledge of Sāṅkhya. (01-70-6)

ततः पञ्चाशतं कन्याः पुत्रिका अभिसंदधे। प्रजापतिः प्रजा दक्षः सिसृक्षुर्जनमेजय ॥०१-७०-७॥

tataḥ pañcāśataṃ kanyāḥ putrikā abhisaṃdadhe। prajāpatiḥ prajā dakṣaḥ sisṛkṣurjanamejaya ॥01-70-7॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; thereafter; पञ्चाशतम् (pañcāśatam) - fifty; कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens; daughters; पुत्रिकाः (putrikāḥ) - appointed daughters; daughters designated to bear sons for the father; अभिसंदधे (abhisaṃdadhe) - he appointed; he assigned; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - lord of creatures; progenitor; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - offspring; progeny; creatures; दक्षः (dakṣaḥ) - Dakṣa; सिसृक्षुः (sisṛkṣuḥ) - desiring to create; wishing to bring forth; जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya;]

(Then fifty maidens as putrikās he appointed. Prajāpati Dakṣa, desirous of creating progeny, O Janamejaya. (01-70-7))

Then Prajāpati Dakṣa, wishing to create progeny, appointed fifty daughters as putrikās, O Janamejaya. (01-70-7)

ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश। कालस्य नयने युक्ताः सप्तविंशतिमिन्दवे ॥०१-७०-८॥

dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa। kālasya nayane yuktāḥ saptaviṃśatim indave ॥01-70-8॥

[ददौ (dadau) - gave; स (sa) - he; दश (daśa) - ten; धर्माय (dharmāya) - to Dharma; कश्यपाय (kaśyapāya) - to Kaśyapa; त्रयोदश (trayodaśa) - thirteen; कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time; नयने (nayane) - in the leading, reckoning; युक्ताः (yuktāḥ) - joined, appointed; सप्तविंशतिम् (saptaviṃśatim) - twenty-seven; इन्दवे (indave) - to the Moon;]

(He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa. Joined in the reckoning of Time, twenty-seven to the Moon. (01-70-8))

He gave ten to Dharma and thirteen to Kaśyapa. He gave twenty-seven, appointed for the reckoning of Time, to the Moon. (01-70-8)

त्रयोदशानां पत्नीनां या तु दाक्षायणी वरा। मारीचः कश्यपस्तस्यामादित्यान्समजीजनत् ॥ इन्द्रादीन्वीर्यसम्पन्नान्विवस्वन्तमथापि च ॥०१-७०-९॥

trayodaśānāṃ patnīnāṃ yā tu dākṣāyaṇī varā। mārīcaḥ kaśyapastasyāmādityānsamajījanat ॥ indrādīnvīryasampannānvivasvantamathāpi ca ॥01-70-9॥

[त्रयोदशानाम् (trayodaśānām) - of thirteen; पत्नीनाम् (patnīnām) - of wives; या (yā) - who; तु (tu) - indeed; दाक्षायणी (dākṣāyaṇī) - daughter of Dakṣa; वरा (varā) - excellent; मारीचः (mārīcaḥ) - son of Marīci; कश्यपः (kaśyapaḥ) - Kaśyapa; तस्याम् (tasyām) - in her; आदित्यान् (ādityān) - the Ādityas; समजीजनत् (samajījanat) - begot; इन्द्र-आदीन् (indra-ādīn) - Indra and the others; वीर्य-सम्पन्नान् (vīrya-sampannān) - endowed with prowess; विवस्वन्तम् (vivasvantam) - Vivasvat; अथ (atha) - and then; अपि (api) - also; च (ca) - and;]

(Of the thirteen wives, she indeed who was Dākṣāyaṇī, the excellent one, in her Mārīca Kaśyapa begot the Ādityas, beginning with Indra, endowed with prowess, and also Vivasvat. (01-70-9))

Among the thirteen wives, the excellent daughter of Dakṣa was she in whom Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci, begot the Ādityas, beginning with Indra, endowed with prowess, and also Vivasvat. (01-70-9)

विवस्वतः सुतो जज्ञे यमो वैवस्वतः प्रभुः। मार्तण्डश्च यमस्यापि पुत्रो राजन्नजायत ॥०१-७०-१०॥

vivasvataḥ suto jajñe yamo vaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ। mārtaṇḍaśca yamasyāpi putro rājannajāyata ॥01-70-10॥

[विवस्वतः (vivasvataḥ) - of Vivasvat; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; जज्ञे (jajñe) - was born; यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama; वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - descendant of Vivasvat; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord; मार्तण्डः (mārtaṇḍaḥ) - Mārtaṇḍa; च (ca) - and; यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama; अपि (api) - also; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; राजन् (rājan) - O king; अजायत (ajāyata) - was born;]

(Of Vivasvat a son was born, Yama, Vaivasvata, the lord; and Mārtaṇḍa also, a son of Yama, O king, was born. (01-70-10))

Vivasvat's son, Yama Vaivasvata, the lord, was born; and Mārtaṇḍa too, the son of Yama, was born, O king. (01-70-10)

मार्तण्डस्य मनुर्धीमानजायत सुतः प्रभुः। मनोर्वंशो मानवानां ततोऽयं प्रथितोऽभवत् ॥ ब्रह्मक्षत्रादयस्तस्मान्मनोर्जातास्तु मानवाः ॥०१-७०-११॥

mārtāṇḍasya manurdhīmānajāyata sutaḥ prabhuḥ। manorvaṃśo mānavānāṃ tato'yaṃ prathito'bhavat ॥ brahmakṣatrādayastasmānmanorjātāstu mānavāḥ ॥01-70-11॥

[मार्तण्डस्य (mārtāṇḍasya) - of Mārtāṇḍa, the Sun; मनुः (manuḥ) - Manu; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise, possessing intelligence; अजायत (ajāyata) - was born; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - lord, master; मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu; वंशः (vaṃśaḥ) - lineage; मानवानाम् (mānavānām) - of the descendants of Manu, of humans; ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter; अयम् (ayam) - this; प्रथितः (prathitaḥ) - renowned, celebrated; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahma, sacred knowledge, the Brahmin order; क्षत्र (kṣatra) - ruling power, the Kṣatriya order; आदयः (ādayaḥ) - and the others beginning with; तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that; मनोः (manoḥ) - Manu; जाताः (jātāḥ) - born; तु (tu) - indeed, but; मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - Mānavas, descendants of Manu, humans;]

(Of Mārtāṇḍa, Manu, wise, was born as a son, a lord. From Manu, this lineage of the Mānavas then became renowned. Brahma, Kṣatra, and the others, indeed Mānavas, were born from that Manu. (01-70-11))

Manu, the wise and powerful son, was born from Mārtāṇḍa. From Manu this lineage of humans then became renowned. Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, and the other human groups were born from that Manu. (01-70-11)

तत्राभवत्तदा राजन्ब्रह्म क्षत्रेण सङ्गतम्। ब्राह्मणा मानवास्तेषां साङ्गं वेदमदीधरन् ॥०१-७०-१२॥

tatrābhavattadā rājanbrahma kṣatreṇa saṅgatam। brāhmaṇā mānavāsteṣāṃ sāṅgaṃ vedamadīdharan ॥01-70-12॥

[तत्र (tatra) - there; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; तदा (tadā) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred knowledge, brahminical power; क्षत्रेण (kṣatreṇa) - with kṣatra, royal power; सङ्गतम् (saṅgatam) - joined, united; ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins; मानवाः (mānavāḥ) - descendants of Manu, human beings; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; साङ्गम् (sāṅgam) - together with the limbs, with ancillary parts; वेदम् (vedam) - the Veda; अदीधरन् (adīdharan) - upheld, maintained;]

(There became then, O king, brahma united with kṣatra; the Brahmins, Mānavas, upheld their Veda together with its limbs.)

Then there, O king, sacred brahminical power became united with royal power; the Brahmins, descendants of Manu, upheld their Veda together with its ancillary limbs. (01-70-12)

वेनं धृष्णुं नरिष्यन्तं नाभागेक्ष्वाकुमेव च। करूषमथ शर्यातिं तथैवात्राष्टमीमिलाम् ॥०१-७०-१३॥

venaṃ dhṛṣṇuṃ nariṣyantaṃ nābhāgekṣvākumeva ca। karūṣamatha śaryātiṃ tathaivātrāṣṭamīmilām ॥01-70-13॥

[वेनं (venaṃ) - Vena; धृष्णुं (dhṛṣṇuṃ) - Dhṛṣṇu; नरिष्यन्तं (nariṣyantaṃ) - Nariṣyanta; नाभाग (nābhāga) - Nābhāga; इक्ष्वाकुम् (ikṣvākum) - Ikṣvāku; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; करूषम् (karūṣam) - Karūṣa; अथ (atha) - then; शर्यातिम् (śaryātim) - Śaryāti; तथा (tathā) - likewise; एव (eva) - indeed; अत्र (atra) - here; अष्टमीम् (aṣṭamīm) - eighth; इलाम् (ilām) - Ilā;]

(Vena, Dhṛṣṇu, Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga, Ikṣvāku indeed, and Karūṣa then Śaryāti, likewise here Ilā as the eighth. (01-70-13))

Vena, Dhṛṣṇu, Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga, Ikṣvāku, Karūṣa, Śaryāti, and also Ilā as the eighth. (01-70-13)

पृषध्रनवमानाहुः क्षत्रधर्मपरायणान्। नाभागारिष्टदशमान्मनोः पुत्रान्महाबलान् ॥०१-७०-१४॥

pṛṣadhranavamānāhuḥ kṣatradharmaparāyaṇān। nābhāgāriṣṭadaśamānmanoḥ putrānmahābalān ॥01-70-14॥

[पृषध्र (pṛṣadhra) - Pṛṣadhra; नवमान् (navamān) - having as the ninth; आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say; क्षत्र (kṣatra) - ruling power, warrior order; धर्म (dharma) - duty, law; परायणान् (parāyaṇān) - wholly devoted to; नाभागारिष्ट (nābhāgāriṣṭa) - Nābhāgāriṣṭa; दशमान् (daśamān) - having as the tenth; मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; महाबलान् (mahābalān) - of great strength;]

(Pṛṣadhra as the ninth they say, devoted to kṣatra-duty, Nābhāgāriṣṭa as the tenth, Manu's sons, of great strength. (01-70-14))

They say that Manu's mighty sons, devoted to the duty of the warrior order, had Pṛṣadhra as the ninth and Nābhāgāriṣṭa as the tenth. (01-70-14)

पञ्चाशतं मनोः पुत्रास्तथैवान्येऽभवन्क्षितौ। अन्योन्यभेदात्ते सर्वे विनेशुरिति नः श्रुतम् ॥०१-७०-१५॥

pañcāśataṃ manoḥ putrās tathaivānye'bhavan kṣitau। anyonyabhedāt te sarve vineśur iti naḥ śrutam ॥01-70-15॥

[पञ्चाशतं (pañcāśataṃ) - fifty; मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; तथा + एव (tathā + eva) - likewise + indeed; अन्ये (anye) - others; अभवन् (abhavan) - became; क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the earth; अन्योन्य + भेदात् (anyonya + bhedāt) - from mutual + division; ते (te) - they; सर्वे (sarve) - all; विनेशुः (vineśuḥ) - perished; इति (iti) - thus; नः (naḥ) - by us; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard;]

(Fifty, of Manu, sons, and likewise others became on earth. From mutual division, they all perished, thus by us it has been heard. (01-70-15))

Fifty sons of Manu, and likewise others, came into being on the earth. It has been heard by us that they all perished because of mutual division. (01-70-15)

पुरूरवास्ततो विद्वानिलायां समपद्यत। सा वै तस्याभवन्माता पिता चेति हि नः श्रुतम् ॥०१-७०-१६॥

purūravāstato vidvānilāyāṃ samapadyata। sā vai tasyābhavanmātā pitā ceti hi naḥ śrutam ॥01-70-16॥

[पुरूरवाः (purūravāḥ) - Purūravas; ततः (tataḥ) - then; विद्वान् (vidvān) - wise one; इलायाम् (ilāyām) - in Ilā; समपद्यत (samapadyata) - was born; सा (sā) - she; वै (vai) - indeed; तस्य (tasya) - of him; अभवत् (abhavat) - became; माता (mātā) - mother; पिता (pitā) - father; च (ca) - and; इति (iti) - thus; हि (hi) - indeed; नः (naḥ) - by us; श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard;]

(Purūravas then, the wise one, was born in Ilā. She indeed became his mother and father too, thus indeed it has been heard by us.)

Then the wise Purūravas was born from Ilā. Indeed, it is heard by us that she became both his mother and his father. (01-70-16)

त्रयोदश समुद्रस्य द्वीपानश्नन्पुरूरवाः। अमानुषैर्वृतः सत्त्वैर्मानुषः सन्महायशाः ॥०१-७०-१७॥

trayodaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśnanpurūravāḥ। amānuṣairvṛtaḥ sattvairmānuṣaḥ sanmahāyaśāḥ ॥01-70-17॥

[त्रयोदश (trayodaśa) - thirteen; समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean; द्वीपान् (dvīpān) - islands; अश्नन् (aśnan) - enjoying; पुरूरवाः (purūravāḥ) - Purūravas; अमानुषैः (amānuṣaiḥ) - by non-human; वृतः (vṛtaḥ) - surrounded; सत्त्वैः (sattvaiḥ) - beings; मानुषः (mānuṣaḥ) - human; सन् (san) - being; महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - of great fame;]

(Thirteen of the ocean islands enjoying, Purūravas, surrounded by non-human beings, a human being, being of great fame.)

Purūravas, though human, was of great fame; he enjoyed thirteen islands of the ocean and was surrounded by non-human beings. (01-70-17)

विप्रैः स विग्रहं चक्रे वीर्योन्मत्तः पुरूरवाः। जहार च स विप्राणां रत्नान्युत्क्रोशतामपि ॥०१-७०-१८॥

vipraiḥ sa vigrahaṃ cakre vīryonmattaḥ purūravāḥ। jahāra ca sa viprāṇāṃ ratnānyutkrośatāmapi ॥01-70-18॥

[विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by the Brāhmaṇas; with the Brāhmaṇas; स (sa) - he; that; विग्रहम् (vigraham) - conflict; quarrel; चक्रे (cakre) - made; undertook; वीर्य-उन्मत्तः (vīrya-unmattaḥ) - maddened by valor; intoxicated with power; पुरूरवाः (purūravāḥ) - Purūravas; जहार (jahāra) - took away; seized; च (ca) - and; स (sa) - he; that; विप्राणाम् (viprāṇām) - of the Brāhmaṇas; रत्नानि (ratnāni) - jewels; treasures; उत्क्रोशताम् (utkrośatām) - of those crying out; of those protesting; अपि (api) - even; also;]

(With the Brāhmaṇas he made conflict, Purūravas, maddened by valor. And he took away the jewels of the Brāhmaṇas, even of those crying out. (01-70-18))

Maddened by his valor, Purūravas came into conflict with the Brāhmaṇas. He also took away the Brāhmaṇas' jewels, even as they cried out. (01-70-18)

सनत्कुमारस्तं राजन्ब्रह्मलोकादुपेत्य ह। अनुदर्शयां ततश्चक्रे प्रत्यगृह्णान्न चाप्यसौ ॥०१-७०-१९॥

sanatkumārastaṁ rājanbrahmalokādupetya ha। anudarśayāṁ tataścakre pratyagṛhṇānna cāpyasau ॥01-70-19॥

[सनत्कुमारः (sanatkumāraḥ) - Sanatkumāra; तम् (tam) - to him; राजन् (rājan) - O king; ब्रह्मलोकात् (brahmalokāt) - from the world of Brahmā; उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached; ह (ha) - indeed; अनुदर्शयाम् (anudarśayām) - showing; ततः (tataḥ) - then; चक्रे (cakre) - made; प्रत्यगृह्णात् (pratyagṛhṇāt) - accepted; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; असौ (asau) - that one;]

(Sanatkumāra, having come to him from Brahmā’s world, O king, indeed then made a showing; and that one did not accept.)

Having come to him from Brahmā’s world, O king, Sanatkumāra then showed it to him; yet that one did not accept it. (01-70-19)

ततो महर्षिभिः क्रुद्धैः शप्तः सद्यो व्यनश्यत। लोभान्वितो मदबलान्नष्टसञ्ज्ञो नराधिपः ॥०१-७०-२०॥

tato maharṣibhiḥ kruddhaiḥ śaptaḥ sadyo vyanasyata। lobhānvito madabalānnaṣṭasañjño narādhipaḥ ॥01-70-20॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by great seers; क्रुद्धैः (kruddhaiḥ) - by angered ones; शप्तः (śaptaḥ) - cursed; सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately; व्यनश्यत (vyanasyata) - he perished; लोभ-अन्वितः (lobha-anvitaḥ) - endowed with greed; मद-बलात् (mada-balāt) - from the force of pride; नष्ट-सञ्ज्ञः (naṣṭa-sañjñaḥ) - with lost consciousness; नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - lord of men;]

(Then, by angered great seers, cursed, immediately he perished, endowed with greed, from the force of pride, with lost consciousness, the lord of men.)

Then the king, cursed by the angered great seers, immediately perished; endowed with greed, overpowered by pride, and having lost his senses. (01-70-20)

स हि गन्धर्वलोकस्थ उर्वश्या सहितो विराट्। आनिनाय क्रियार्थेऽग्नीन्यथावद्विहितांस्त्रिधा ॥०१-७०-२१॥

sa hi gandharvalokastha urvaśyā sahito virāṭ। ānināya kriyārthe'gnīnyathāvadvihitāṃstridhā ॥01-70-21॥

[स (sa) - he; हि (hi) - indeed; गन्धर्व (gandharva) - Gandharva; लोक (loka) - world; स्थः (sthaḥ) - situated; उर्वश्या (urvaśyā) - with Urvaśī; सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied; विराट् (virāṭ) - sovereign; आनिनाय (ānināya) - brought; क्रिया (kriyā) - rite; अर्थे (arthe) - for the sake of; अग्नीन् (agnīn) - fires; यथावत् (yathāvat) - according to rule; विहितान् (vihitān) - prescribed; त्रिधा (tridhā) - threefold;]

(For he indeed, situated in the Gandharva-world, accompanied by Urvaśī, the sovereign, brought the fires, prescribed threefold according to rule, for the sake of rites. (01-70-21))

Indeed, he, the sovereign who was dwelling in the Gandharva world and accompanied by Urvaśī, brought the ritually prescribed fires in their proper threefold form for the performance of rites. (01-70-21)

षट्पुत्रा जज्ञिरेऽथैलादायुर्धीमानमावसुः। दृढायुश्च वनायुश्च श्रुतायुश्चोर्वशीसुताः ॥०१-७०-२२॥

ṣaṭputrā jajñire'thailādāyurdhīmānamāvasuḥ। dṛḍhāyuśca vanāyuśca śrutāyuścorvaśīsutāḥ ॥01-70-22॥

[षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - were born; अथ (atha) - then; ऐलात् (ailāt) - from Aila; आयुः (āyuḥ) - Āyu; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise one; अमावसुः (amāvasuḥ) - Amāvasu; दृढायुः (dṛḍhāyuḥ) - Dṛḍhāyu; च (ca) - and; वनायुः (vanāyuḥ) - Vanāyu; च (ca) - and; श्रुतायुः (śrutāyuḥ) - Śrutāyu; च (ca) - and; उर्वशी (urvaśī) - Urvaśī; सुताः (sutāḥ) - sons;]

(Six sons were born then from Aila: Āyu, the wise Dhīmān, Amāvasu, and Dṛḍhāyu, and Vanāyu, and Śrutāyu, sons of Urvaśī. (01-70-22))

Then six sons were born to Aila: Āyu, the wise Dhīmān, Amāvasu, Dṛḍhāyu, Vanāyu, and Śrutāyu, the sons of Urvaśī. (01-70-22)

नहुषं वृद्धशर्माणं रजिं रम्भमनेनसम्। स्वर्भानवीसुतानेतानायोः पुत्रान्प्रचक्षते ॥०१-७०-२३॥

nahuṣaṁ vṛddhaśarmāṇaṁ rajiṁ rambhamanenasam। svarbhānavīsutānetānāyoḥ putrānpracakṣate ॥01-70-23॥

[नहुषम् (nahuṣam) - Nahuṣa; वृद्धशर्माणम् (vṛddhaśarmāṇam) - Vṛddhaśarman; रजिम् (rajim) - Raji; रम्भम् (rambham) - Rambha; अनेनसम् (anenasam) - Anenas; स्वर्भानवी-सुतान् (svarbhānavī-sutān) - sons of Svarbhānavī; एतान् (etān) - these; आयोः (āyoḥ) - of Āyu; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they declare;]

(Nahuṣa, Vṛddhaśarman, Raji, Rambha, Anenas, these sons of Svarbhānavī, sons of Āyu, they declare. (01-70-23))

They declare Nahuṣa, Vṛddhaśarman, Raji, Rambha, and Anenas to be these sons of Svarbhānavī and sons of Āyu. (01-70-23)

आयुषो नहुषः पुत्रो धीमान्सत्यपराक्रमः। राज्यं शशास सुमहद्धर्मेण पृथिवीपतिः ॥०१-७०-२४॥

āyuṣo nahuṣaḥ putro dhīmānsatyaparākramaḥ। rājyaṃ śaśāsa sumahaddharmeṇa pṛthivīpatiḥ ॥01-70-24॥

[आयुषः (āyuṣaḥ) - of Āyuṣ; नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise; सत्य (satya) - true; पराक्रमः (parākramaḥ) - prowess; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; शशास (śaśāsa) - ruled; सु (su) - very; महत् (mahat) - great; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by righteousness; पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - earth; पतिः (patiḥ) - lord;]

(Of Āyuṣ, Nahuṣa, the son, wise, of true prowess, the lord of the earth ruled the kingdom by very great righteousness. (01-70-24))

Nahuṣa, the wise son of Āyuṣ, whose prowess was true, ruled the kingdom as lord of the earth with very great righteousness. (01-70-24)

पितृन्देवानृषीन्विप्रान्गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसान्। नहुषः पालयामास ब्रह्मक्षत्रमथो विशः ॥०१-७०-२५॥

pitr̥ndevānr̥ṣīnviprāngandharvoragarākṣasān। nahuṣaḥ pālayāmāsa brahmakṣatramatho viśaḥ ॥01-70-25॥

[पितृन् (pitr̥n) - ancestors, fathers; देवान् (devān) - gods, shining ones; ऋषीन् (r̥ṣīn) - seers, sages; विप्रान् (viprān) - inspired ones, learned Brāhmaṇas; गन्धर्व (gandharva) - Gandharvas, celestial musicians; उरग (uraga) - belly-going beings, serpents; राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - Rākṣasas, demonic beings; नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa; पालयामास (pālayāmāsa) - protected, governed; ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred power, the Brāhmaṇa order; क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - royal power, the Kṣatriya order; अथो (atho) - and also, moreover; विशः (viśaḥ) - peoples, clans, common folk;]

(The ancestors, gods, seers, inspired Brāhmaṇas, Gandharvas, serpents, Rākṣasas, the sacred priestly power, the royal power, and also the peoples, Nahuṣa protected.)

Nahuṣa protected and governed the ancestors, gods, sages, learned Brāhmaṇas, Gandharvas, serpents, Rākṣasas, the Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya orders, and also the peoples. (01-70-25)

स हत्वा दस्युसङ्घातानृषीन्करमदापयत्। पशुवच्चैव तान्पृष्ठे वाहयामास वीर्यवान् ॥०१-७०-२६॥

sa hatvā dasyusaṅghātānṛṣīnkaramadāpayat। paśuvaccaiva tānpṛṣṭhe vāhayāmāsa vīryavān ॥01-70-26॥

[स (sa) - he; हत्वा (hatvā) - having slain; दस्यु-सङ्घातान् (dasyu-saṅghātān) - hosts of bandits; ऋषीन् (ṛṣīn) - sages; करम् (karam) - tribute; अदापयत् (adāpayat) - made pay; पशुवत् (paśuvat) - like an animal; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; तान् (tān) - those; पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) - on the back; वाहयामास (vāhayāmāsa) - caused to carry; वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - powerful one;]

(He, having slain hosts of bandits, made the sages pay tribute. And the powerful one made those very ones carry him on the back like animals. (01-70-26))

After slaying bands of bandits, he made the sages pay tribute. The powerful man also made them carry him on their backs like animals. (01-70-26)

कारयामास चेन्द्रत्वमभिभूय दिवौकसः। तेजसा तपसा चैव विक्रमेणौजसा तथा ॥०१-७०-२७॥

kārayāmāsa cendratvamabhibhūya divaukasaḥ। tejasā tapasā caiva vikrameṇaujasā tathā ॥01-70-27॥

[कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - he caused, he brought about; च (ca) - and; इन्द्रत्वम् (indratvam) - the state or office of Indra; अभिभूय (abhibhūya) - having overpowered; दिव्-ओकसः (div-aukasaḥ) - the dwellers in heaven; तेजसा (tejasā) - by splendor, by fiery power; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed, also; विक्रमेण (vikrameṇa) - by valor, by prowess; ओजसा (ojasā) - by strength, by vital power; तथा (tathā) - likewise, also;]

(And he brought about the state of Indra, having overpowered the heaven-dwellers, by splendor, by austerity also, by valor, and likewise by strength. (01-70-27))

Having overpowered the dwellers in heaven through his splendor, austerity, valor, and strength, he brought about the office of Indra. (01-70-27)

यतिं ययातिं संयातिमायातिं पाञ्चमुद्धवम्। नहुषो जनयामास षट्पुत्रान्प्रियवाससि ॥०१-७०-२८॥

yatiṁ yayātiṁ saṁyātimāyātiṁ pāñcamuddhavam। nahuṣo janayāmāsa ṣaṭputrānpriyavāsasi ॥01-70-28॥

[यतिम् (yatiṃ) - Yati; ययातिम् (yayātiṃ) - Yayāti; संयातिम् (saṃyātiṃ) - Saṃyāti; आयातिम् (āyātiṃ) - Āyāti; पाञ्चम् (pāñcam) - the fifth; उद्धवम् (uddhavam) - Uddhava; नहुषः (nahuṣaḥ) - Nahuṣa; जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - begot; षट् (ṣaṭ) - six; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; प्रियवाससि (priyavāsasi) - in Priyavāsasī;]

(Yati, Yayati, Samyati, Ayati, the fifth Uddhava, Nahusha begot as six sons in Priyavasasi. (01-70-28))

Nahusha begot six sons by Priyavasasi: Yati, Yayati, Samyati, Ayati, and Uddhava as the fifth. (01-70-28)

ययातिर्नाहुषः सम्राडासीत्सत्यपराक्रमः। स पालयामास महीमीजे च विविधैः सवैः ॥०१-७०-२९॥

yayātir nāhuṣaḥ samrāḍ āsīt satyaparākramaḥ। sa pālayāmāsa mahīm īje ca vividhaiḥ savaiḥ ॥01-70-29॥

[ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti; नाहुषः (nāhuṣaḥ) - descendant of Nahuṣa; सम्राट् (samrāṭ) - universal sovereign; आसीत् (āsīt) - was; सत्यपराक्रमः (satyaparākramaḥ) - of true prowess; सः (saḥ) - he; पालयामास (pālayāmāsa) - protected, ruled; महीम् (mahīm) - the earth; ईजे (īje) - sacrificed; च (ca) - and; विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - with various; सवैः (savaiḥ) - sava-sacrifices;]

(Yayāti, the Nāhuṣa, was an emperor of true prowess. He ruled the earth and sacrificed with various sava-sacrifices. (01-70-29))

Yayāti, the descendant of Nahuṣa, was a universal emperor of unfailing prowess. He ruled the earth and performed sacrifices with various sava rites. (01-70-29)

अतिशक्त्या पितृनर्चन्देवांश्च प्रयतः सदा। अन्वगृह्णात्प्रजाः सर्वा ययातिरपराजितः ॥०१-७०-३०॥

atiśaktyā pitṛnarcandevāṃśca prayataḥ sadā। anvagṛhṇātprajāḥ sarvā yayātiraparājitaḥ ॥01-70-30॥

[अतिशक्त्या (atiśaktyā) - with surpassing capacity; पितॄन् (pitṝn) - the fathers, the ancestors; अर्चन् (arcan) - worshipping, honoring; देवान् (devān) - the gods; च (ca) - and; प्रयतः (prayataḥ) - purified, self-controlled; सदा (sadā) - always; अन्वगृह्णात् (anvagṛhṇāt) - favored, graciously supported; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people; सर्वाः (sarvāḥ) - all; ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti; अपराजितः (aparājitaḥ) - unconquered, undefeated;]

(With surpassing capacity, worshipping the ancestors and the gods, and always purified, the unconquered Yayāti favored all the subjects. (01-70-30))

The unconquered Yayāti, always purified and worshipping the ancestors and the gods with surpassing capacity, graciously supported all his subjects. (01-70-30)

तस्य पुत्रा महेष्वासाः सर्वैः समुदिता गुणैः। देवयान्यां महाराज शर्मिष्ठायां च जज्ञिरे ॥०१-७०-३१॥

tasya putrā maheṣvāsāḥ sarvaiḥ samuditā guṇaiḥ। devayānyāṃ mahārāja śarmiṣṭhāyāṃ ca jajñire ॥01-70-31॥

[तस्य (tasya) - of him; पुत्राः (putrāḥ) - sons; महेष्वासाः (maheṣvāsāḥ) - great bowmen; सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - with all; समुदिताः (samuditāḥ) - endowed; गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - with qualities; देवयान्याम् (devayānyām) - in Devayānī; महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king; शर्मिष्ठायाम् (śarmiṣṭhāyām) - in Śarmiṣṭhā; च (ca) - and; जज्ञिरे (jajñire) - were born;]

(His sons, great bowmen, endowed with all qualities, in Devayānī, O great king, and in Śarmiṣṭhā, were born. (01-70-31))

His sons, great archers endowed with every virtue, were born of Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā, O great king. (01-70-31)

देवयान्यामजायेतां यदुस्तुर्वसुरेव च। द्रुह्युश्चानुश्च पूरुश्च शर्मिष्ठायां प्रजज्ञिरे ॥०१-७०-३२॥

devayānyāmajāyetāṁ yadusturvasureva ca। druhyuścānuśca pūruśca śarmiṣṭhāyāṁ prajajñire ॥01-70-32॥

[देवयान्याम् (devayānyām) - in Devayānī; अजायेताम् (ajāyetām) - the two were born; यदुः (yaduḥ) - Yadu; तुर्वसुः (turvasuḥ) - Turvasu; एव (eva) - indeed; च (ca) - and; द्रुह्युः (druhyuḥ) - Druhyu; च (ca) - and; अनुः (anuḥ) - Anu; च (ca) - and; पूरुः (pūruḥ) - Pūru; च (ca) - and; शर्मिष्ठायाम् (śarmiṣṭhāyām) - in Śarmiṣṭhā; प्रजज्ञिरे (prajajñire) - they were born;]

(In Devayānī were born the two, Yadu and Turvasu indeed; and Druhyu, and Anu, and Pūru were born in Śarmiṣṭhā. (01-70-32))

Yadu and Turvasu were born to Devayānī, while Druhyu, Anu, and Pūru were born to Śarmiṣṭhā. (01-70-32)

स शाश्वतीः समा राजन्प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन्। जरामार्छन्महाघोरां नाहुषो रूपनाशिनीम् ॥०१-७०-३३॥

sa śāśvatīḥ samā rājanprajā dharmeṇa pālayan। jarāmārchanmahāghorāṃ nāhuṣo rūpanāśinīm ॥01-70-33॥

[सः (saḥ) - he; शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - lasting, long-enduring; समाः (samāḥ) - years; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - subjects, people born forth; धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by dharma, by righteousness; पालयन् (pālayan) - protecting, ruling; जराम् (jarām) - old age, decay; आर्छन् (ārcchan) - attaining, reaching; महा (mahā) - great; घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful; नाहुषः (nāhuṣaḥ) - Nāhuṣa, descendant of Nahuṣa; रूप (rūpa) - form, beauty; नाशिनीम् (nāśinīm) - destroying, causing loss;]

(He, for long years, O king, protecting the subjects by dharma, Nāhuṣa attained very dreadful old age, the destroyer of form. (01-70-33))

He, Nāhuṣa, ruled his subjects righteously for many long years, O king, and then attained a very dreadful old age that destroyed his beauty. (01-70-33)

जराभिभूतः पुत्रान्स राजा वचनमब्रवीत्। यदुं पूरुं तुर्वसुं च द्रुह्युं चानुं च भारत ॥०१-७०-३४॥

jarābhibhūtaḥ putrānsa rājā vacanamabravīt। yaduṁ pūruṁ turvasuṁ ca druhyuṁ cānuṁ ca bhārata ॥01-70-34॥

[जरा (jarā) - old age; अभिभूतः (abhibhūtaḥ) - overpowered; पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons; सः (saḥ) - that; राजा (rājā) - king; वचनम् (vacanam) - statement; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke; यदुम् (yadum) - Yadu; पूरुम् (pūrum) - Pūru; तुर्वसुम् (turvasum) - Turvasu; च (ca) - and; द्रुह्युम् (druhyum) - Druhyu; च (ca) - and; अनुम् (anum) - Anu; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata;]

(Overpowered by old age, to the sons, that king spoke a statement: Yadu, Pūru, Turvasu, and Druhyu, and Anu, O descendant of Bharata. (01-70-34))

Overcome by old age, that king addressed his sons, Yadu, Pūru, Turvasu, Druhyu, and Anu, O descendant of Bharata. (01-70-34)

यौवनेन चरन्कामान्युवा युवतिभिः सह। विहर्तुमहमिच्छामि साह्यं कुरुत पुत्रकाः ॥०१-७०-३५॥

yauvanena carankāmānyuvā yuvatibhiḥ saha। vihartumahamicchāmi sāhyaṁ kuruta putrakāḥ ॥०१-७०-३५॥

[यौवनेन (yauvanena) - with youthfulness; चरन् (caran) - pursuing; कामान् (kāmān) - pleasures; युवा (yuvā) - a young man; युवतिभिः (yuvatibhiḥ) - with young women; सह (saha) - together with; विहर्तुम् (vihartum) - to sport; अहम् (aham) - I; इच्छामि (icchāmi) - desire; साह्यम् (sāhyam) - assistance; कुरुत (kuruta) - render; पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - dear sons;]

(With youthfulness, pursuing pleasures, a young man together with young women, I desire to sport; render assistance, dear sons. (01-70-35))

As a young man, I wish to enjoy pleasures with young women; help me, dear sons. (01-70-35)

तं पुत्रो देवयानेयः पूर्वजो यदुरब्रवीत्। किं कार्यं भवतः कार्यमस्माभिर्यौवनेन च ॥०१-७०-३६॥

taṁ putro devayāneyaḥ pūrvajo yadurabravīt। kiṁ kāryaṁ bhavataḥ kāryamasmābhiryauvanena ca ॥01-70-36॥

[तं (taṁ) - him; पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son; देवयानेयः (devayāneyaḥ) - son of Devayānī; पूर्वजः (pūrvajaḥ) - first-born; यदुः (yaduḥ) - Yadu; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; किम् (kim) - what; कार्यम् (kāryam) - task to be done; भवतः (bhavataḥ) - of you; कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done; अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us; यौवनेन (yauvanena) - with youth; च (ca) - and;]

(To him the son of Devayānī, the first-born Yadu, said: "What task of yours is to be done by us, and with youth?" (01-70-36))

The first-born son of Devayānī, Yadu, said to him, "What task of yours is to be done by us, and with our youth?" (01-70-36)

ययातिरब्रवीत्तं वै जरा मे प्रतिगृह्यताम्। यौवनेन त्वदीयेन चरेयं विषयानहम् ॥०१-७०-३७॥

yayātirabravīttaṃ vai jarā me pratigṛhyatām। yauvanena tvadīyena careyaṃ viṣayānaham ॥01-70-37॥

[ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; तम् (tam) - to him; वै (vai) - indeed; जरा (jarā) - old age; मे (me) - my; प्रतिगृह्यताम् (pratigṛhyatām) - let it be accepted; यौवनेन (yauvanena) - with youth; त्वदीयेन (tvadīyena) - belonging to you; चरेयम् (careyam) - I would move among; विषयान् (viṣayān) - objects of sense; अहम् (aham) - I;]

(Yayāti said to him indeed, "May my old age be accepted; with your youth, I would enjoy the objects of sense.")

Yayāti said to him, "Please accept my old age; with your youth I would enjoy the objects of sense." (01-70-37)

यजतो दीर्घसत्रैर्मे शापाच्चोशनसो मुनेः। कामार्थः परिहीणो मे तप्येऽहं तेन पुत्रकाः ॥०१-७०-३८॥

yajato dīrghasatrairme śāpāccośanaso muneḥ। kāmārthaḥ parihīṇo me tapye'haṃ tena putrakāḥ ॥01-70-38॥

[यजतः (yajataḥ) - of me sacrificing; दीर्घ (dīrgha) - long; सत्रैः (satraiḥ) - with sacrificial sessions; मे (me) - of me; शापात् (śāpāt) - from the curse; च (ca) - and; उशनसः (uśanasaḥ) - of Uśanas; मुनेः (muneḥ) - of the sage; काम (kāma) - desire; अर्थः (arthaḥ) - aim; परिहीणः (parihīṇaḥ) - diminished; मे (me) - for me; तप्ये (tapye) - I am tormented; अहम् (aham) - I; तेन (tena) - by that; पुत्रकाः (putrakāḥ) - little sons;]

(Of me sacrificing with long sacrificial sessions, and from the curse of the sage Uśanas, the aim of desire has been diminished for me; by that I am tormented, little sons. (01-70-38))

While I was sacrificing through long sacrificial sessions, and because of the curse of the sage Uśanas, the object of my desire has been lost; because of that I suffer, my dear sons. (01-70-38)

मामकेन शरीरेण राज्यमेकः प्रशास्तु वः। अहं तन्वाभिनवया युवा कामानवाप्नुयाम् ॥०१-७०-३९॥

māmakena śarīreṇa rājyamekaḥ praśāstu vaḥ। ahaṃ tanvābhinavayā yuvā kāmānavāpnuyām ॥01-70-39॥

[मामकेन (māmakena) - by my own; शरीरेण (śarīreṇa) - by the body; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; एकः (ekaḥ) - one; प्रशास्तु (praśāstu) - let him rule; वः (vaḥ) - your; अहम् (aham) - I; तन्वा (tanvā) - with a body; अभिनवया (abhinavayā) - with a fresh one; युवा (yuvā) - young; कामान् (kāmān) - desires; अवाप्नुयाम् (avāpnuyām) - may obtain;]

(With my body, one may rule your kingdom. I, with a fresh body, young, may obtain desires. (01-70-39))

Let one of you rule the kingdom with my body, while I, young in a fresh body, may enjoy the objects of desire. (01-70-39)

न ते तस्य प्रत्यगृह्णन्यदुप्रभृतयो जराम्। तमब्रवीत्ततः पूरुः कनीयान्सत्यविक्रमः ॥०१-७०-४०॥

na te tasya pratyagr̥hṇanyaduprabhr̥tayo jarām। tamabravīttataḥ pūruḥ kanīyānsatyavikramaḥ ॥01-70-40॥

[न (na) - not; ते (te) - they; तस्य (tasya) - his; प्रत्यगृह्णन् (pratyagr̥hṇan) - accepted; यदु (yadu) - Yadu; प्रभृतयः (prabhr̥tayaḥ) - and those beginning with; जराम् (jarām) - old age; तम् (tam) - to him; अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said; ततः (tataḥ) - then; पूरुः (pūruḥ) - Pūru; कनीयान् (kanīyān) - younger; सत्य (satya) - true; विक्रमः (vikramaḥ) - valor;]

(Not they, Yadu and the others, accepted his old age. Then Pūru, the younger one, true in valor, said to him. (01-70-40))

Yadu and the others did not accept his old age. Then the younger Pūru, true in valor, said to him. (01-70-40)

राजंश्चराभिनवया तन्वा यौवनगोचरः। अहं जरां समास्थाय राज्ये स्थास्यामि तेऽऽज्ञया ॥०१-७०-४१॥

rājaṃścarābhinavayā tanvā yauvanagocaraḥ। ahaṃ jarāṃ samāsthāya rājye sthāsyāmi te''jñayā ॥01-70-41॥

[राजन् (rājan) - O king; चर (cara) - move about; अभिनवया (abhinavayā) - with fresh; तन्वा (tanvā) - body; यौवन (yauvana) - youth; गोचरः (gocaraḥ) - having as range; अहम् (aham) - I; जराम् (jarām) - old age; समास्थाय (samāsthāya) - having taken up; राज्ये (rājye) - in the kingdom; स्थास्यामि (sthāsyāmi) - I shall remain; ते (te) - your; आज्ञया (ājñayā) - by command;]

(O king, move about with a fresh body, having youth as your range; I, having taken up old age, shall remain in the kingdom by your command. (01-70-41))

O king, enjoy youth with a fresh body; by your command, I will take on old age and remain in the kingdom. (01-70-41)

एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिस्तपोवीर्यसमाश्रयात्। सञ्चारयामास जरां तदा पुत्रे महात्मनि ॥०१-७०-४२॥

evamuktaḥ sa rājarṣistapovīryasamāśrayāt। sañcārayāmāsa jarāṃ tadā putre mahātmani ॥01-70-42॥

[एवम् (evam) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed, spoken to; सः (saḥ) - he, that; राजा (rājā) - king; ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - seer, sage; तपस् (tapas) - austerity, ascetic heat; वीर्य (vīrya) - power, potency; समाश्रयात् (samāśrayāt) - from reliance upon, through taking refuge in; सञ्चारयामास (sañcārayāmāsa) - caused to move, transferred; जराम् (jarām) - old age, decay; तदा (tadā) - then; पुत्रे (putre) - into the son, in the son; महात्मनि (mahātmani) - great-souled, noble-natured;]

(Thus addressed, that royal seer, through reliance on the potency of austerity, then caused old age to pass into the great-souled son. (01-70-42))

Thus addressed, that royal sage, relying on the power of austerity, then transferred old age into his great-souled son. (01-70-42)

पौरवेणाथ वयसा राजा यौवनमास्थितः। यायातेनापि वयसा राज्यं पूरुरकारयत् ॥०१-७०-४३॥

pauraveṇātha vayasā rājā yauvanamāsthitaḥ। yāyātenāpi vayasā rājyaṃ pūrurakārayat ॥01-70-43॥

[पौरवेण (pauraveṇa) - by Paurava, belonging to Pūru; अथ (atha) - then; वयसा (vayasā) - by age; राजा (rājā) - the king; यौवनम् (yauvanam) - youth; आस्थितः (āsthitaḥ) - having attained; यायातेन (yāyātena) - by Yāyāta, belonging to Yayāti; अपि (api) - also; वयसा (vayasā) - by age; राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom; पूरुः (pūruḥ) - Pūru; अकारयत् (akārayat) - caused to be done, caused to be administered;]

(Then, by the Paurava age, the king having attained youth, with the Yāyāta age also, Pūru caused the kingdom to be administered.)

Then the king, having attained youth through Pūru’s age, made Pūru administer the kingdom with Yayāti’s age as well. (01-70-43)

ततो वर्षसहस्रान्ते ययातिरपराजितः। अतृप्त एव कामानां पूरुं पुत्रमुवाच ह ॥०१-७०-४४॥

tato varṣasahasrānte yayātiraparājitaḥ। atṛpta eva kāmānāṃ pūruṃ putramuvāca ha ॥01-70-44॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; वर्ष-सहस्र-अन्ते (varṣa-sahasra-ante) - at the end of a thousand years; ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayāti; अपराजितः (aparājitaḥ) - unconquered; अतृप्तः (atṛptaḥ) - unsatisfied; एव (eva) - indeed; कामानाम् (kāmānām) - of desires; पूरुम् (pūrum) - Pūru; पुत्रम् (putram) - son; उवाच (uvāca) - spoke; ह (ha) - indeed;]

(Then, at the end of a thousand years, Yayāti, unconquered, unsatisfied indeed with desires, to Pūru, his son, spoke indeed.)

Then, at the end of a thousand years, the unconquered Yayāti, still unsatisfied by desires, spoke to his son Pūru. (01-70-44)

त्वया दायादवानस्मि त्वं मे वंशकरः सुतः। पौरवो वंश इति ते ख्यातिं लोके गमिष्यति ॥०१-७०-४५॥

tvayā dāyādavānasmi tvaṃ me vaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ। pauravo vaṃśa iti te khyātiṃ loke gamiṣyati ॥01-70-45॥

[त्वया (tvayā) - by you; दायादवान् (dāyādavān) - possessing an heir; अस्मि (asmi) - I am; त्वम् (tvam) - you; मे (me) - my; वंश (vaṃśa) - lineage; करः (karaḥ) - maker, continuer; सुतः (sutaḥ) - son; पौरवः (pauravaḥ) - Paurava, descended from Puru; वंशः (vaṃśaḥ) - lineage; इति (iti) - thus; ते (te) - your; ख्यातिम् (khyātim) - fame; लोके (loke) - in the world; गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will go, will attain;]

(By you I am possessing an heir; you are my lineage-making son. As "the Paurava lineage," your lineage will attain fame in the world. (01-70-45))

Through you I have an heir; you are my son who will continue my lineage. Your line will become famous in the world as the Paurava lineage. (01-70-45)

ततः स नृपशार्दूलः पूरुं राज्येऽभिषिच्य च। कालेन महता पश्चात्कालधर्ममुपेयिवान् ॥०१-७०-४६॥

tataḥ sa nṛpaśārdūlaḥ pūruṁ rājye'bhiṣicya ca। kālena mahatā paścātkāladharmamupeyivān ॥01-70-46॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सः (saḥ) - he; नृप-शार्दूलः (nṛpa-śārdūlaḥ) - tiger among kings, foremost of kings; पूरुम् (pūrum) - Pūru; राज्ये (rājye) - in the kingdom; अभिषिच्य (abhiṣicya) - having consecrated, having anointed; च (ca) - and; कालेन (kālena) - by time; महता (mahatā) - great, long; पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards; काल-धर्मम् (kāla-dharmam) - the law of Time, death; उपेयिवान् (upeyivān) - attained, approached;]

(Then he, the tiger among kings, having consecrated Pūru in the kingdom, and afterwards by a great time, attained the law of Time.)

Then that foremost of kings consecrated Pūru in the kingdom, and after a long time he attained the law of Time, that is, death. (01-70-46)