Vayu Purana

शाण्डिल्यानां वचः श्रुत्वा देवलः सुमहायशाः। निध्रुवाः शाण्डिल्या रैभ्यास्त्रयः पश्चात्तु कश्यपाः ।। ९.

Hearing the words of the Śāṇḍilyas, Devala, of great fame, and the Nidhruvas, Śāṇḍilyas, Raibhyas, and later the Kaśyapas.

वरप्रभृतयो देवा देवलस्य प्रजास्त्विमाः। चतुर्युगे त्वतिक्रान्ते मनोर्ह्येकादशे प्रजाः। अथावशिष्टे तस्मिस्तु द्वापरे सम्प्रवर्तते ।। ९.

The gods beginning with Vara are the progeny of Devala; when the four ages have passed, in the eleventh Manu, the progeny remain, and in the Dvāpara, they continue.

मानसस्य चरिष्यन्तस्तस्य पुत्रो दमः किल। मानसस्तस्य दायादस्तृणबिन्दुरिति श्रुतः ।। ९.

Of Mānas, while he was living, his son Dama is said to be; Mānas, his heir, is known as Tṛṇabindu.

त्रेतायुगमुखे राजा तृतीये सम्बभूव ह। तस्य कन्या त्विडविडा रूपेणाप्रतिमाभवत्। पुलस्त्याय स राजर्षिस्तां कन्यां प्रत्यपादयत् ।। ९.

At the beginning of the Tretā Yuga, in the third age, a king was born; his daughter, Tviḍaviḍā, was unmatched in beauty. That royal sage gave his daughter to Pulastya.

ऋषिरिडविडायान्तु विश्रवाः समपद्यत। तस्य पत्न्यश्चतस्रस्तु पौलस्त्यकुलवर्द्धनाः ।। ९.

Viśravāḥ became the husband of Ṛṣi Tviḍaviḍā; he had four wives who increased the lineage of the Paulastyas.

बृहस्पतेर्बृहत्कीर्त्तिर्देवाचार्यस्य कीर्त्तितः । कन्यां तस्योपयेमे स नाम्ना वै देववर्णिनीम् ।। ९.

Bṛhaspati, the renowned preceptor of the gods, is celebrated; he married a maiden named Devavarṇinī.

पुष्पोत्ककटाञ्च वाकाञ्च सुते माल्यवतः स्थितौ। कैकसीं मालिनः कन्यां तासान्तु श्रृणुत प्रजाः ।। ९.

Puṣpotkakaṭā and Vākā were the two sons of Mālyavat; Kaikasī was the daughter of Mālin. Now listen to the offspring of these women.

ज्येष्ठं वैश्रवणं तस्य सुषुवे देववर्णिनी। दिव्येन विधिना युक्तमार्षेणैव श्रुतेन च। राक्षसेन च रूपेण आसुरेण बलेन च ।। ९.

Devavarṇinī bore the eldest, Vaiśravaṇa, endowed with divine qualities, in accordance with sacred law and tradition, possessing the form of a Rākṣasa and the strength of an Asura.

त्रिपादं सुमहाकायं स्थूलशीर्षं महातनुम्। अष्टदंष्ट्रं हरिच्छ्मश्रुं शङ्कुकर्णं विलोहितम् ।। ९.

He had three feet, a massive body, a large head, eight fangs, tawny beard, conch-shaped ears, and was reddish in appearance.

ह्रस्व बाहुं प्रबाहुञ्च पिङ्गलं सुविभीषणम्। वैवर्तज्ञानसम्पन्नं सम्बुद्धं ज्ञानसम्पदा ।। ९.

With short and long arms, tawny and very fearsome, endowed with knowledge of transformation, awakened and rich in wisdom.

एवंविधं सुतं दृष्ट्वा विश्वरूपधरं तथा। पिता दृष्ट्वाब्रवीत्तत्र कुबेरोऽयमिति स्वयम् ।। ९.

Seeing such a son, possessing a universal form, the father declared there, 'He is Kubera,' by his own words.

कुत्सायां क्वितिशब्दोऽयं शरीरं बेरमुच्यते । कुबेरः कुशरीरत्वान्नाम्ना तेन च सोऽङ्कितः ।। ९.

The word 'kuti' denotes reproach, and 'bera' means body; because of his deformed body, he was marked with the name Kubera.

यस्माद्विश्रवसोऽपत्यं सादृश्याद्विश्रवा इव। तस्माद्वैश्रवणो नाम नाम्ना लोके भविष्यति ।। ९.

Because he was the son of Viśravas and resembled Viśravas, he will be known in the world by the name Vaiśravaṇa.

ऋद्ध्यां कुबेरोऽजनयद्विश्रुतं नलकूबरम्। रावणं कुम्भकर्णञ्च कन्यां शूर्पणखान्तथा। विभीषणं चतुर्थांस्तान्कैकस्यजनयेत्सुतान् ।। ९.

Through prosperity, Kubera begot the famous Nalakūbara. Kaikasī bore Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, the daughter Śūrpaṇakhā, and the fourth, Vibhīṣaṇa, as her sons.

शङ्कुकर्णो दशग्रीवः पिङ्गलो रक्तमूर्द्धजः। चतुष्पाद्विंशतिबुजो महाकायो महा बलः ।। ९.

Ten-headed, conch-eared, tawny, with red hair, four-footed, twenty arms, of great size and immense strength.

जात्याञ्जननिभो दंष्ट्रो लोहितग्रीव एव च। राजसेनो जययुक्तो रूपेण च बलेन च ।। ९.

Black as collyrium by birth, with fangs and a red neck, endowed with royal power, victorious, in form and in strength.

सत्यबुद्धिर्दृढतनू राक्षसैरेव रावणः । निसर्गाद्दारुणः क्रूरो रावणाद्रावणस्तु सः ।। ९.

Rāvaṇa, with true understanding and a strong body, was a Rākṣasa by nature—fierce, cruel, and thus called Rāvaṇa.

हिरण्यकशिपुस्त्वासीत्स राजा पूर्वजन्मनि। चतुर्युगानि राजात्र त्रयोदश स राक्षसः ।। ९.

In a previous birth, he was the king Hiraṇyakaśipu; as a Rākṣasa, he ruled for thirteen cycles of four ages.

ताः पञ्चकोट्यो वर्षाणामाख्याताः सङ्ख्यया द्विजैः। नियुतान्येकषष्टिश्च सङ्ख्याविद्भिरुदाहृता ।। ९.

Those five crore years have been declared by the twice-born as the count; and sixty-one niyutas have been stated by those skilled in reckoning.

षष्टिशतसहस्राणि वर्षाणान्तु स रावणः । देवतानां ऋषीणाञ्च घोरं कृत्वा प्रजागरम् ।। ९.

For sixty thousand years, Rāvaṇa, having caused terrible wakefulness among gods and sages, endured.

त्रेतायुगे चतुर्विंशे रावणस्तपसः क्षयात्। रामं दाशरथिं प्राप्य सगणः क्षयमीयिवान् ।। ९.

In the twenty-fourth Tretā Yuga, when his ascetic power was exhausted, Rāvaṇa, along with his followers, met his end at the hands of Rāma, son of Daśaratha.

महोदयः प्रहस्तश्च महापांशुखरस्तथा। पुष्पोत्कटायाः पुत्रास्ते कन्या कुम्भीनसी तथा ।। ९.

Mahodaya, Prahasta, and Mahāpāṃśukhara, as well as the sons of Puṣpotkaṭā; and Kumbhīnasī is her daughter.

त्रिशिरा दूषणश्चैव विद्युज्जिह्वश्च राक्षसः। कन्या ह्यसलिका चैव वाकायाः प्रसवाः स्मृताः ।। ९.

Triśirā, Dūṣaṇa, and Vidyujjihva are rākṣasas; and Asalikā is the daughter of Vākā—these are remembered as her offspring.

इत्येते क्रूरकर्माणः पौलस्त्या राक्षसा दश। दारुणाबिजनाः सर्वे देवैरपि दुरासदाः ।। ९.

Thus, these ten rākṣasas born of Paulastya, fierce in their deeds, are all of dreadful lineage and difficult even for the gods to withstand.

सर्वे लब्धवराश्चैव पुत्रपौत्रसमन्विताः। यक्षाणाञ्चैव सर्वेषां पौलस्त्या ये च राक्षसाः ।। ९.

All are endowed with boons, accompanied by sons and grandsons; and all the rākṣasas descended from Paulastya are counted among the yakṣas as well.

आगस्त्यवैश्वामित्राणां क्रूराणां ब्रह्मरक्षसाम्। वेदाध्ययनशीलानां तपोव्रतनिषेविणाम् ।। ९.

Among them are the cruel brahmarākṣasas of Agastya and Viśvāmitra, who are devoted to Vedic study and the observance of austerities and vows.

तेषामैडविडो राजा पौलस्त्यः सव्यपिङ्गलः। इतरे वै यज्ञमुखास्तेन रक्षोगणास्त्रयः ।। ९.

Among them, the king Iḍaviḍa, a Paulastya, is Savyapiṅgala; the others are Yajñamukha, and thus there are three groups of rākṣasas.

यातु धाना ब्रह्मधाना वार्त्ताश्चैव दिवाचराः । निशाचरगणास्तेषां चत्वारः कविभिः स्मृताः ।। ९.

Yātudhānas, Brahmadhānas, Vārttās, and those who roam by day; among them, four groups of night-dwellers are remembered by the sages.

पौलस्त्या नैऋताश्चैव आगत्स्याः कौशिकास्तथा। इत्येताः सप्त तेषां वै जातयो राक्षसाः स्मृताः ।। ९.

Paulastyas, Naiṛtas, descendants of Agastya, and Kauśikas—these seven are remembered as the lineages of rākṣasas among them.