Vayu Purana

राजा संन्यस्तशस्त्रोऽहमयन्तु तनयो मम। भविष्यति द्विजश्वेष्ठ धुन्धुमारो न संशयः ।। २६.

The king said: I have renounced weapons; let my son go. O best of twice-born, he will surely become the slayer of Dhundhu.

स तं व्यादिश्य तनयं धुन्धुमारणमुद्यतम्। जगाम पर्व्वतायैव तपसे शंसितव्रतः ।। २६.

Having instructed his son, who was prepared to destroy Dhundhu, he went to the mountain to undertake austerities, his vow firmly declared.

कुबलाश्वस्तु धर्म्मात्मा पितुर्वचनमास्थितः। सहस्रैरेकविंशत्या पुत्राणां सह पार्थिवः। प्रायादुत्तङ्क सहितो धुन्धोस्तस्य निवारणे ।। २६.

Kubalāśva, righteous in soul, accepted his father's command; together with his twenty-one thousand sons and the sage Uttaṅka, the king set out to subdue Dhundhu.

तमाविशत्ततो विष्णुर्भगवान् स्वेन तेजसा। उत्तङ्कस्य नियोगात्तु लोकानां हितकाम्यया ।। २६.

Then, by his own radiance, the blessed Viṣṇu entered him, at the behest of Uttaṅka and for the welfare of the worlds.

तस्मिन् प्रयाते दुर्द्धर्षे दिवि शब्दो महानभूत्। अद्यप्रुभृत्येष नृपो धुन्धुमारो भविष्यति ।। २६.

As he departed, a great sound arose in the heavens, difficult to withstand: 'From this day forward, this king shall be known as Dhundhumāra.'

दिव्यैः पुष्पैश्च तं देवाः सममंसत अद्भुतम्। सगत्वा पुरुष व्याघ्रस्तनयैः सह वीर्य्यवान् ।। २६.

The gods honored him with divine flowers, wondrous to behold, as the tiger among men, mighty, set out with his sons.

समुद्रं खनयामास वालुकार्णवमव्ययम्। नारायणेन राजर्षिस्तेजसाप्यायितो हि सः ।। २६.

That royal sage, filled with the energy of Nārāyaṇa, began to dig up the inexhaustible ocean of sand.

बभूवातिबलो भूय उत्तङ्कस्य वशे स्थितः। तस्य पुत्रैः खनद्भिश्च वालुकान्तर्हितस्तदा ।। २६.

He became exceedingly powerful, remaining under the control of Uttaṅka; at that time, his sons dug through the sand where it concealed him.

धुन्धुरासादितस्तत्र दिशमाश्रित्य पश्चिमाम्। मुखजेनाग्निना क्रुद्धो लोकानुद्वर्त्तयन्निव ।। २६.

There, Dhundhu was encountered, having taken refuge in the western direction, enraged, as if overturning the worlds with the fire from his mouth.

वारि शुश्राव योगेन महोदधिरिवोदये। सोमस्य सोमपश्रेष्ठ धारोर्मिकलिलो महान् ।। २६.

Through yogic power, he heard the sound of water, vast as the ocean at its rise, a great tumult of waves, O foremost of Soma-drinkers.

तस्य पुत्रास्तु निर्द्दग्धास्त्रिभिरूनास्तु राक्षसाः। ततः स राजातिबलो धुन्धुबन्धुनिबर्हणः ।। २६.

His sons, save three, were consumed by the Rākṣasa's fire; then that exceedingly powerful king destroyed Dhundhu's kin.

तस्य वारिमयं वेगमपिबत् स नराधिपः। योगी योगेन वह्निं वा शमयामास वारिणा ।। २६.

That lord of men drank the rushing water, and by yogic power subdued the fire with water, as a yogi would.

निरस्यत्तं महाकायं बलेनोदकराक्षसम्। उत्तङ्कं दर्शयामास कृतकर्म्मा नराधिपः ।। २६.

With his strength, he cast down that great-bodied water-demon, and, his task accomplished, the king presented him to Uttaṅka.

उत्तङ्कश्च वरं प्रादात्तस्मै राज्ञे महात्मने। अदात्तस्याक्षयं वित्तं शत्रुभिश्चाप्यधृष्यताम् ।। २६.

Uttaṅka granted a boon to that great-souled king: inexhaustible wealth and invincibility even against enemies.

धर्म्मे रतिञ्च सततं स्वर्गे वासं तथाक्षयम्। पुत्राणां चाक्षयाँल्लोकान् स्वर्गे ये राक्षसा हताः ।। २६.

He granted him constant delight in righteousness, eternal residence in heaven, and for his sons who were slain by the Rākṣasa, everlasting worlds in heaven.

तस्य पुत्रास्त्रयः शिष्टा दृढाश्वो ज्येष्ठ उच्यते। भद्राश्वः कपिलाश्वश्च कनीयासौ तु तौ स्मृतौ ।। २६.

Of his sons, three remained: the eldest is called Dṛḍhāśva; Bhadrāśva and Kapilāśva are the younger two, so it is remembered.

धौन्धुमारिर्दृढाश्वस्तु हर्यश्वस्तस्य चात्मजः। हर्यश्वस्य निकुम्भोऽभूत् क्षत्रधर्मरतः सदा ।। २६.

Dhundhumāri is Dṛḍhāśva, and his son was Haryaśva; Haryaśva's son was Nikumbha, who was always devoted to the warrior's duty.

संहताश्वो निकुम्भस्य श्रुतो रणविशारदः । कृशाश्वश्चाक्षयाश्वश्च संहताश्च सुतावुभौ ।। २६.

Saṃhatāśva, renowned and skilled in battle, was Nikumbha's son; and Kṛśāśva and Akṣayāśva, both sons of Saṃhatāśva.

तस्य पत्नी हैमवती सतां मतिदृषद्वती। विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु पुत्रस्तस्याः प्रसेनजित् ।। २६.

His wife, Hemavatī, steadfast in the wisdom of the virtuous, was renowned in the three worlds; her son was Prasenajit.

युवनाश्वः सुतस्तस्य त्रिषु लोकेष्वतिद्युतिः। अत्यन्तधार्मिको गौरी तस्य पत्नी पतिव्रता ।। २६.

His son was Yuvanāśva, whose brilliance surpassed the three worlds; he was supremely righteous, and his wife Gaurī was devoted to her husband.

अभिशस्ता तु सा भर्त्रा नदी सा बाहुदा कृता । तस्यास्तु गौरिकः पुत्र श्चक्रवर्त्ती बभूव ह ।। २६.

But she was cursed by her husband and became the river Bāhudā; her son Gaurika became a universal monarch.

मान्धाता यौवनाश्वो वै त्रैलोक्यविजयी नृपः। अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ पौराणिकी द्विजाः ।। २६.

Māndhātā, the son of Yuvanāśva, was a king who conquered the three worlds; here, too, the learned recite these two ancient verses.

यावत्सूर्य उदयति यावच्च प्रतितिष्ठति। सर्वं तद्यौवनाश्वस्य मान्धातुः क्षेत्रमुच्यते ।। २६.

As far as the sun rises and as far as it sets, all that is said to be the domain of Yuvanāśva's son Māndhātā.

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं श्लोकं वंशविदो जनाः । यौवनाश्वं महात्मानं यज्वान ममितौजसम्। मान्धाता तु तनुर्विष्णोः पुराणज्ञाः प्रजक्षते ।। २६.

Here, too, those who know the lineage recite this verse: Yuvanāśva, the great-souled, powerful sacrificer; and Māndhātā, the ancient knowers declare, was an incarnation of Viṣṇu.

तस्य चैत्ररथी भार्य्या शशबिन्दोः सुताऽभवत्। साध्वी बिन्दुमती नाम रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि ।। २६.

His wife was Caitrarathī, daughter of Śaśabindu; she was the virtuous Bindumatī, unmatched in beauty on earth.

पतिव्रता च ज्येष्ठा च भ्रातॄणामयुतस्य सा। तस्यामुत्पादयामास मान्धाता त्रीन् सुतान् प्रभुः ।। २६.

She was devoted to her husband and the eldest among her ten thousand brothers; from her, Māndhātā, the lord, begot three sons.

पुरुकुत्समम्बरीषं मुचुकुन्दञ्च विश्रुतम्। अम्बरीषस्य दायादो युवनाश्वोऽपरः स्मृतः ।। २६.

They were Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, and the renowned Mucukunda; Ambarīṣa's heir was another Yuvanāśva.

हरितो युवनाश्वस्य हारिताः शूरयः स्मृताः । एते ह्यङ्गिरसः पुत्राः क्षात्रोपेता द्विजातयः ।। २६.

Harita was the son of Yuvanāśva, and the Hāritas are known as heroes; these are sons of Aṅgiras, brāhmaṇas who have taken up the kṣatriya path.

पुरुकुत्सस्य दायादस्त्रसद्दस्युर्महायशाः। नर्मदायां समुत्पन्नः सम्भूतस्तस्य चात्मजः ।। २६.

Purukutsa's heir was Trasaddasyu, of great fame, born on the Narmadā river; Sambhūta was his son.