Vayu Purana

दृषद्वतीसुतश्चापि विश्वामित्रात्तथाष्टकः। अष्टकस्य सुतो यो हि प्रोक्तो जह्नुगणोमया ।। २९.

The son of Dṛṣadvatī, Aṣṭaka, was also from Viśvāmitra; and the son of Aṣṭaka, who is said to belong to the Jahnu lineage, is also mentioned.

ऋषय ऊचुः ।। किं लक्षणेन धर्मेण तपसेह श्रुतेन वा। ब्राह्मण्यं समनुप्राप्तं विश्वामित्रादिभिर्नृपैः ।। २९.

The sages said: By what mark, by what righteousness, by what austerity or learning, did Viśvāmitra and the other kings attain Brāhmaṇahood?

येन योनाभिधा नेन ब्राह्मण्यं क्षत्रिया गताः । विशेषं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तपसा दानतस्तथा ।। २९.

By what means, by what origin, did the Kṣatriyas attain Brāhmaṇahood? I wish to know the distinction, whether by austerity or by giving.

एवमुक्तस्ततो वाक्यमब्रवीदिदमर्थवत्। अन्यायोपगतैर्द्रव्यैराहृत्य यजने धिया। धर्माभिकांक्षी यजते न धर्मफलमश्नुते ।। २९.

Thus spoken, he then uttered these meaningful words: One who performs sacrifice with wealth obtained unjustly, desiring righteousness, does not attain the fruit of righteousness.

धर्म्मं चैतं समाख्याय पापात्मा पुरुषाधमः। ददाति दानं विप्रेभ्यो लोकानां दम्भकारणात् ।। २९.

Having explained this dharma, a wicked soul, lowest among men, gives gifts to Brahmins for the sake of ostentation among people.

जपं कृत्वा तथा तीव्रं धनलोभान्निरङ्कुशः। रागमोहान्वितो ह्यन्ते पावनार्थं ददाति यः ।। २९.

Having performed intense recitation, driven by unchecked greed for wealth, and filled with attachment and delusion, one gives gifts at the end for purification.

तेन दत्तानि दानानि अफलानि भवन्त्युत। तस्य धर्म्मप्रवृत्तस्य हिंसकस्य दुरात्मनः ।। २९.

The gifts given by such a person are indeed fruitless; for one engaged in unrighteousness, violent and evil-minded, they bear no result.

एवं लब्ध्वा धनं मोहाद्ददतो यजतश्च ह। सक्लिष्टकर्मणो दानं न तिष्ठति दुरात्मनः ।। २९.

Thus, when wealth is acquired through delusion and given or sacrificed, the gift of one whose actions are tainted does not endure.

न्यायागतानां द्रव्याणां तीर्थे सम्प्रतिपादनम्। कामाननभिसन्धाय यजते च ददाति च ।। २९.

But when wealth is obtained lawfully and offered at a sacred place, without desire for reward, one sacrifices and gives.

स दानफलमाप्नोति तच्च दानं सुखोदयम्। दानेन भोगानाप्नोति स्वर्गं सत्येन गच्छति ।। २९.

He attains the fruit of giving, and that gift brings happiness; by giving, he enjoys pleasures, and by truth, he reaches heaven.

तपसा तु सुतप्तेन लोकान् विष्टभ्य तिष्ठति । विष्टभ्य स तु तेजस्वी लोकेष्वानन्त्यमश्नुते ।। २९.

By well-performed austerity, he upholds worlds and remains; possessing such brilliance, he attains endlessness among the worlds.

दानाच्छ्रेयांस्तथा यज्ञो यज्ञाच्छ्रेयस्तथा तपः। संन्यासस्तपसः श्रेयांस्तस्माज्ज्ञानं गुरुः स्मृतम् ।। २९.

Giving is superior to sacrifice, and austerity is superior to sacrifice; renunciation is superior to austerity, and therefore knowledge is regarded as highest.

श्रृयन्ते हि तपःसिद्धाः क्षात्रोपेता द्विजातयः। विश्वामित्रो नरपतिर्मान्धाता संकृतिः कपिः ।। २९.

Indeed, ascetics who have attained perfection are heard of, born among warriors and twice-born: Viśvāmitra the king, Māndhātṛ, Saṃkṛti, and Kapi.

कपेश्च पुरुकुत्सश्च सत्यश्चानृहवानृथुः आर्ष्टिषेणोऽमीढश्च भागान्योन्यस्तथैव च ।। २९.

Purukutsa, Satya, Anṛhava, Ṛthu, Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, Amīḍha, Bhāga, and Anyasta, as well as others.

कक्षीवश्चैव शिजयस्तथान्ये च महारथाः। रथीतरश्च रुन्दश्च विष्णुवृद्धादयो नृपाः ।। २९.

Kakṣīva, Śijaya, and other great chariot-warriors; Rathītara, Runda, and the kings led by Viṣṇuvṛddha.

क्षात्रोपेताः स्मृता ह्येते तपसा ऋषिताङ्गताः । एते राजर्षयः सर्व्वे सिद्धिं सुमहतीङ्गताः। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि अयोर्वंशं महात्मनः ।। २९.

These are remembered as born among warriors, having attained the status of sages through austerity; all these royal sages have achieved great perfection. Now I shall speak further of the lineage of Ayu, the great-souled.

सूत उवाच।। एते पुत्रा महात्मानः पञ्चैवासन् महाबलाः। स्वर्भानुतनया विप्राः प्रभायां जज्ञिरे नृपाः ।। ३०.

Sūta said: These five sons, mighty and noble, were born to Prabhā from Svarbhānu, O sages, and were renowned among kings.

नहुषः प्रथमस्तेषां पुत्रधर्म्मा ततः स्मृतः। धर्म्मवृद्धात्मजश्चैव सुतहोत्रो महायशाः ।। ३०.

Among them, Nahuṣa is remembered as the first, and then Putradharma; Dharmavṛddha's son is Sutahotra, famed for his greatness.

सुतहोत्रस्य दायादास्त्रयः परमधार्म्मिकाः। काशः शलश्च द्वावेतौ तथा गृत्समदः प्रभुः ।। ३०.

Sutahotra's heirs were three, supremely righteous: Kāśa and Śala, these two, and Gṛtsamada, the mighty.

पुत्रो गृत्समदस्यापि शुनको यस्य शौनकः। ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रियाश्चैव वैश्याः शूद्रास्तथैव च ।। ३०.

Gṛtsamada's son was Śunaka, whose son was Śaunaka; Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras also descended from him.

एतस्य वंशे सम्भूता विचित्रैः कर्म्मभिर्द्विजाः। शलात्मजो ह्यार्ष्टिषेणश्चरन्तस्तस्य चात्मजः ।। ३०.

In his lineage, diverse Brahmins arose through various deeds; Śala's son was Ārṣṭiṣeṇa, and his son likewise wandered.

शौनकाश्चार्ष्टिषेणाश्च क्षात्रोपेता द्विजातयः। काशस्य काशयो राष्टः पुत्रो दीर्घतपास्तथा ।। ३०.

The Śaunakas and the Ārṣṭiṣeṇas, twice-born castes accompanied by Kṣatriyas, and Kāśa, the son of Kāśa, and also Dīrghatapās, are mentioned.

धर्म्मश्च दीर्घतपसो विद्वान् धन्वन्तरिस्ततः। तपसा सुमहातेजा जातो वृद्धस्य धीमतः। अथैनमृषयः प्रोचुः सूतं वाक्यमिमं पुनः ।। ३०.

From Dīrghatapās, the learned and greatly austere, was born Dharma, and then Dhanvantari, radiant with immense ascetic power, was born from the wise elder. Then the sages again addressed the Sūta with these words.

ऋषय ऊचुः ।। कथं धन्वन्तरिर्द्देवो मानुषेष्विह जज्ञिवान्। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामस्ततो ब्रूहि प्रियं तथा ।। ३०.

The sages said: How did the god Dhanvantari take birth among humans here? We wish to know this; therefore, kindly tell us in a pleasing manner.

सूत उवाच।। धन्वन्तरेः सम्भवोऽयं श्रूयतामिह वै द्विजाः। स सम्भूतः समुद्रान्ते मथ्यमानेऽमृते पुरा ।। ३०.

The Sūta said: Listen, O twice-born, to the origin of Dhanvantari here. He was produced in ancient times at the edge of the ocean, when the nectar was being churned.

उत्पन्नः सकलात् पूर्व्वं सर्व्वतश्च श्रियावृतः। सर्व्वसंसिद्धकायं तं दृष्ट्वा विष्टम्भितः स्थितः। अजस्त्वमिति होवाच तस्मादजस्तु सः स्मृतः ।। ३०.

He arose before all, enveloped in splendor from every side. Seeing his body, perfect in every way, the Unborn One stood amazed and said, 'You are unborn,' and thus he became known as Aja.

अजः प्रोवाच विष्णुं तं तनयोऽस्मि तव प्रभो। विधत्स्व भागं स्थानञ्च मम लोके सुरोत्तम ।। ३०.

Aja spoke to Viṣṇu: 'Lord, I am your son. Assign to me a share and a place in the world, O best of gods.'

एवमुक्तः सुदृष्ट्वा तु तथा प्रोवाच स प्रभुः । कृतो यज्ञविभागस्तु यज्ञियौर्हे सुरैस्तथा ।। ३०.

Thus addressed, the Lord, having seen him well, replied: 'The division of the sacrifice has been made, and the gods have received their sacrificial shares.'

वेदेषु विधियुक्तञ्च विधिहोत्रं महर्षिभिः। न शक्यमिह होमो वै तुल्यं कर्त्तुं कदाचन ।। ३०.

The ritual offerings prescribed in the Vedas by the great sages cannot be performed equally here by means of sacrifice at any time.