Vayu Purana

बृहस्पतिरुवाच।। यद्येवं चोदितः शक्र त्वया स्यां पूर्व्वमेव हि। नाभविष्यत् त्वत्प्रियार्थं नाकर्त्तव्यं ममानघ ।। ३०.

Bṛhaspati said: If, O Śakra, you had asked me thus before, for your sake I would not have done what should not be done, O sinless one.

प्रयतिष्यामि देवेन्द्र तद्धितार्थं महाद्युते। यथा भागञ्च राज्यञ्च अचिरात् प्रतिपत्स्यसे ।। ३०.

O Indra, illustrious one, I will go for the sake of that benefit, so that you may soon regain your share and kingdom.

तथा शक्र गमिष्यामि माभूत्ते विक्लवं मनः। ततः कर्म्म चकारास्य तेजःसंवर्द्धनं महत् ।। ३०.

Thus, O Śakra, I shall go; let your mind not be troubled. Then he performed for him a great act to increase his power.

तेषाञ्च बुद्धिसंमोहमकरोद्बुद्धिसत्तमः। ते यदा ससुता मूढा रागोत्पन्न विधर्म्मिणः ।। ३०.

And the best among the wise caused confusion in their understanding, when those sons, deluded and unrighteous due to passion, arose.

ब्रह्मद्विषश्च संवृत्ता हतवीर्य्यपराक्रमाः। ततो लेभे सुरैश्वर्यमैन्द्रस्थानं तथोत्तमम् ।। ३०.

They became haters of Brahman, deprived of strength and valor; then he obtained the lordship of the gods, the excellent station of Indra.

हत्वा रजिसुतान् सर्वान्कामक्रोधपरायणान्। य इदं पावनं स्थानं प्रतिष्ठानं शतक्रतोः। श्रृणुयाद्वा रजेर्वापि न स दौरात्म्यमाप्नुयात् ।। ३०.

Having slain all the sons of the king, devoted to desire and anger, whoever hears this pure account of the station and establishment of Śatakratu, or of the king, does not encounter misfortune.

मरुतेन कथं कन्या राज्ञे दत्ता महात्मना। किंवीर्याश्च महात्मानो जाता मरुतकन्यकाः ।। ३१.

How was the maiden given by the great-souled Marut to the king, and what valor did the noble sons born from Marut's daughter possess?

आहवन् तं मरुत्सोममन्नकामः प्रजेश्वरम्। मासि मासि महातेजाः षष्टिसंवत्सरान्नृपः ।। ३१.

Desiring food, the lord of people, month after month for sixty years, offered to Marutsoma, the mighty one.

तेन ते मरुतस्तस्य मरुत्सोमेन तोषिताः। अक्षय्यान्नं ददुः प्रीताः सर्वकामपरिच्छदम् ।। ३१.

By that, the Maruts were pleased with him through Marutsoma, and, delighted, they gave him inexhaustible food and all desired enjoyments.

अन्नं तस्य सकृत्पक्वमहोरात्रे न क्षीयते। कोटिशो दीयमानं च सूर्य्यस्योदयनादपि ।। ३१.

The food cooked once for him in a day and night does not diminish, even if given away by the millions from sunrise onward.

मित्राज्योतिस्तु कन्यायां मरुतस्य च धीमतः। तस्माज्जाता महासत्त्वा धर्मज्ञा मोक्षदर्शिनः ।। ३१.

From the union of Mitrājyoti, the maiden, and the wise Marut, were born those of great strength, knowers of dharma, and seers of liberation.

संन्यस्य गृहधर्माणि वैराग्यं समुपस्थिताः। यतिधर्ममवाप्येह ब्रह्मभूयाय ते गताः ।। ३१.

Having renounced household duties, they became established in detachment; attaining the discipline of ascetics here, they reached the state of Brahman.

अनपायस्ततो जातस्तदा धर्मप्रदत्तवान्। क्षत्रधर्मस्ततो जातः प्रतिपक्षो महातपाः ।। ३१.

From them was born Anapāya, who was then a giver of dharma; from him arose the kṣatriya duty, and from that, Pratipakṣa, the great ascetic.

प्रतिपक्षसुतश्चापि सञ्जयो नाम विश्रुतः। सञ्जयस्य जयः पुत्रो विजयस्तस्य जग्मिवान् ।। ३१.

And Pratipakṣa's son was the renowned Sañjaya; Sañjaya's son was Jaya, and from him was born Vijaya.

विजयस्य जयः पुत्रस्तस्य हर्यन्द्वतः स्मृतः । हर्यन्दुतस्ततो राजा सहदेवः प्रतापवान् ।। ३१.

Vijaya's son was Jaya, and his son was known as Haryandva; from Haryandva came the king Sahadeva, possessed of great prowess.

सहदेवस्य धर्मात्मा अदीन इति विश्रुतः। अदीनस्य जयत्सेनस्तस्य पुत्रोऽथ संकृतिः ।। ३१.

Sahadeva's righteous son was the famed Adīna; Adīna's son was Jayasena, and his son was Saṃkṛti.

संकृतेरपि धर्मात्मा कृतधर्मा महायशाः। इत्येते क्षत्र धर्माणो नहुषस्य निबोधत ।। ३१.

Saṃkṛti's son was also righteous, Kṛtadharma, of great fame; thus, these are the kṣatriya lineages of Nahuṣa—know them.

नहुषस्य तु दायादाः षडिन्द्रोपमतेजसः। उत्पन्नाः पितृकन्यायां विरजायां महौजसः ।। ३१.

Nahuṣa had six heirs, equal in splendor to Indra, born of the noble Virajā, daughter of his father.

यतिर्ययातिः संयातिरायातिः पञ्च तुद्वयः। यतिर्ज्येष्ठस्तु तेषां वै ययातिस्तु ततोऽवरः ।। ३१.

They were Yati, Yayāti, Saṃyāti, Āyāti, and two named Tudvaya; among them, Yati was the eldest, and Yayāti was next.

काकुत्स्थकन्यां गां नाम लेभे पत्नीं यतिस्तदा। संयातिर्मो क्षमास्थाय ब्रह्मभूतोऽभवन्मुनिः ।। ३१.

At that time, the sage took as his wife the maiden named Gā, daughter of Kakutstha; having embraced forbearance and renunciation, the sage became one with Brahman.

तेषां मध्ये तु पञ्चानां ययातिः पृथिवीपतिः। देवयानिमुशनसः सुतां भार्यामवाप ह ।। ३१.

Among those five, Yayāti, lord of the earth, took Devayānī, daughter of Uśanas, as his wife.

शर्मिष्ठा मासुरीं चैव तनयां वृषपर्वणः। यदुं च तुर्वसुं चैव देवयानिर्व्यजायत ।। ३१.

Devayānī bore Yadu and Turvasu, while Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan, gave birth to Druhyu, Anu, and Pūru.

द्रुह्युञ्चानुञ्च पूरुञ्च शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी । अजीजनन्महावीर्यान् सुतान्देवसुतोपमान् ।। ३१.

Śarmiṣṭhā, daughter of Vṛṣaparvan, gave birth to Druhyu, Anu, and Pūru—sons of great might, comparable to the children of the gods.

रथन्तस्मै ददौ रुद्रः प्रीतः परमभास्वरम्। असङ्गं काञ्चनं दिव्यमक्षयौ च महेषुधी ।। ३१.

Then Rudra, pleased, gave him a most radiant chariot—divine, golden, unassailable, and inexhaustible, with great weapons.

युक्तं मनो जवैरश्वैर्येन कन्यां समुद्वहत्। स तेन रथमुख्येन जिगाय च ततो महीम् ।। ३१.

Harnessed with horses swift as the mind, he carried away the maiden; with that foremost chariot, he conquered the earth.

ययातिर्युधि दुर्द्धर्षो देवदानवमानवैः । पौरवाणां नृपाणाञ्च सर्वेषां सोऽभवद्रथः ।। ३१.

Yayāti, invincible in battle against gods, Dānavas, and Mānavas, became the chariot-warrior of all the Paurava kings.

योवत्सुदेशप्रभवः कौरवो जनमेजयः। कुरोः पुत्रस्य राज्ञस्तु राज्ञः पारिक्षितस्य ह। जगाम स रथो नाशं शापाद्गार्ग्यस्य धीमतः ।। ३१.

That chariot, belonging to Janamejaya the Kaurava, son of King Kuru and grandson of Parīkṣit, who was born in Vatsadeśa, was destroyed by the curse of the wise Gārgya.

गार्ग्यस्य हि सुतं बालः स राजा जनमेजयः। दुर्बुद्धिर्हिंसयामास लोहगन्धं नराधिपम् ।। ३१.

For that king Janamejaya, still a boy and of poor judgment, harmed Lohagandha, the ruler of men, who was the son of Gārgya.

स लोहगन्धो राजर्षिः परिधावन्नितस्ततः। पौरजानपदैस्त्यक्तो न लेभे शर्म कर्हिचित् ।। ३१.

That royal sage Lohagandha, fleeing here and there, was abandoned by the people of the cities and countryside, and never found peace.