Vayu Purana

यत् पृथिव्यां व्रीहियवं हिरण्यं पशवः स्त्रियः । नालमेकस्य तत्सर्वमिति पश्यन्न मुह्यति ।। ३१.

Whatever rice and barley, gold, cattle, and women there are on earth—all that is not enough for one man; seeing this, one does not become deluded.

यदा तु कुरुते भावं सर्व्वभूतेषु पावकम्। कर्म्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ।। ३१.

When one kindles the fire of purity in all beings—by action, mind, and speech—then one attains Brahman.

यदा परान्न बिभेति यदा त्वस्मान्न बिभ्यति। यदा नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ।। ३१.

When one does not fear others, and others do not fear him; when one neither desires nor hates—then one attains Brahman.

या दुस्त्यजा दुर्म्मतिभिर्या न जीर्यति जीर्य्यतः। दोषाप्राणान्तिको रागस्तां तृष्णान्त्यजतः सुखम् ।। ३१.

That craving which is hard to abandon by those of distorted mind, which does not wither even as the body withers, that passion, whose end is ruin—happiness comes to the one who abandons that thirst.

जीर्य्यन्ति जीर्यतः कोशा दन्ता जीर्यन्ति जर्यितः। जीविताशा धनाशा च जीर्य्यतोपि न जीर्यति ।। ३१.

The treasuries of the aging man decay, his teeth decay as he ages; but the hope for life and wealth, even as he ages, does not decay.

यच्चाकामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत् सुखम्। तृष्णास्य च सुखस्यैव कलां नार्हति षोडशीम् ।। ३१.

Whatever happiness in the world is without desire, and whatever great divine happiness there is—the happiness of freedom from craving does not equal even a sixteenth part of it.

एवमुक्त्वा स राजर्षिः सदारः प्रस्थितो वनम्। भृगुतुङ्गे तपस्तप्त्वा तत्रैव च महायशाः। पालयित्वा व्रतशतं तत्रैव स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् ।। ३१.

Having spoken thus, that royal sage, with his wife, set out for the forest; performing austerities at Bhṛgu’s peak, that illustrious one, having observed a hundred vows, attained heaven there itself.

तस्य वंशास्तु पञ्चैते पुण्या देवर्षिसत्कृताः। यैर्व्याप्ता पृथिवी कृत्स्ना सूर्यस्येव गभस्तिभिः ।। ३१.

His five lineages, virtuous and honored by divine sages, by whom the entire earth was pervaded, just as by the rays of the sun.

धन्यः प्रजावानायुष्मान् कीर्तिमांश्च भवेन्नरः। ययातेश्चरितं सर्वं पठञ्छृण्वन् द्विजोत्तमः ।। ३१.

Blessed, prosperous, long-lived, and renowned becomes the man, especially the best of twice-born, who reads or hears the entire story of Yayāti.

यदोर्वंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रेष्ठस्योत्तमतेझसः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्येण गदतो मे निबोधत ।। ३२.

I shall now recount the lineage of Yadu, the most illustrious and supremely powerful; listen as I narrate it in detail and in order.

यदोः पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि पञ्च देवसुतोपमाः। सहस्रजिदथ श्रेष्ठः क्रोष्टुर्नीलो जितो लघुः ।। ३२.

Yadu had five sons, comparable to the sons of the gods: Sahasrajit, the foremost; then Kroshtu, Nila, Jita, and Laghu.

सहस्रजित्सुतः श्रीमाञ्छतजिन्नाम पार्थिवः। सतजित्सुता विख्या तास्त्रयः परमधार्मिकाः ।। ३२.

Sahasrajit had a son, the illustrious king named Shatajit; Shatajit had three sons, renowned and supremely righteous.

हैहयश्च हयश्चैव राजा वेणुहयश्च यः। हैहयस्य तु दायादो धर्म्मतत्त्व इति श्रुतिः ।। ३२.

They were Haihaya, Haya, and the king Venuhaya; Haihaya's heir is known as Dharmatatva, according to tradition.

धर्म्मतन्त्रस्तु कीर्त्तिस्तु संज्ञेयस्तस्य चात्मजः। संज्ञेयस्य तु दायादो महिष्मान्नाम पार्थिवः ।। ३२.

Dharmatantra is the son of Kirtis, and is to be known as such; Samjneya was the son of Samjneya, whose heir was the king named Mahishman.

आसीन्महिष्मतः पुत्रो भद्रश्रेण्यः प्रतापवान्। वाराणस्यधिपो राजा कथितः पूर्व एव हि ।। ३२.

Mahishman had a son, the valiant Bhadrasrenya, who was the king of Varanasi, as has been told before.

भद्रश्रेण्यस्य दायादो दुर्मदो नाम पार्थिवः। दुर्मदस्य ततो धीमान् कन्को नाम विश्रुतः ।। ३२.

Bhadrasrenya's heir was the king named Durmada; from Durmada came the wise and famed Kanka.

कनकस्य तु दायादाश्चत्वारो लोकविश्रुताः। कृत वीर्यः कार्तवीर्यः कृतवर्मा तथैव च ।। ३२.

Kanka had four sons, renowned throughout the world: Kritavirya, Kartavirya, Kritavarma, and likewise Krita.

कृतो जातश्चतुर्थोऽभूत्कृतविर्यात्ततोऽर्जुनः। जज्ञे बाहुसहस्रेण सप्तद्वीपेश्वरो नृपः ।। ३२.

Krita was born as the fourth; from Kritavirya came Arjuna, the king who was born with a thousand arms and ruled over the seven islands.

स हि वर्षायुतं तप्त्वा तपः परमदुश्चरम्। दत्तमाराधयामास कार्त्तवीर्योऽत्रिसम्भवम् ।। ३२.

Kartavirya performed severe austerities for ten thousand years and, having pleased Dattatreya, who was born of Atri, worshipped him.

तस्मै दत्तो वरान् प्रादाच्चतुरो भूरितेजसः। पूर्व्वं बाहुसहस्रन्तु स वव्रे प्रथमं वरम् ।। ३२.

To him, Dattatreya, of great brilliance, granted four boons; first, he chose as his boon to have a thousand arms.

अधर्म्मे दीयमानस्य सद्भिस्तस्मान्निवारणम्। धर्म्मेण पृथिवीञ्जित्वा धर्म्मेणैवानुपालनम् ।। ३२.

He asked that he be restrained by the virtuous when acting unrighteously, that he conquer the earth by righteousness, and that he rule it by righteousness alone.

संग्रामांस्तु बहून् जित्त्वा हत्वा चारीन् सहस्रशः। संग्रामे युद्धयमानस्य वधः स्यादधिकाद्रणे ।। ३२.

Having conquered many battles and slain thousands of enemies, he wished that, if he should fall in battle, it would be only in a great war.

तेनेयं पृथिवी कृत्स्ना सप्तद्वीपा सपत्तना । सप्तोदधिपरिक्षिप्ता क्षात्रेण विधिना जनाः ।। ३२.

By him, this entire earth with its seven islands and cities, encircled by the seven oceans, was governed according to the Kshatriya law.

तस्य बाहुसहस्रन्तु युद्ध्यतः किल धीमतः। यौद्धो ध्वजो रथश्चैव प्रादुर्भवति मायया ।। ३२.

For him, as he fought with his thousand arms, a battle-standard and a chariot would manifest by his power.

दशयज्ञसहस्राणि तेषु द्वीपेषु सप्तसु। निरर्गलाः स्म निर्वृत्ताः श्रूयन्ते तस्य धीमतः ।। ३२.

In those seven islands, ten thousand uninterrupted sacrifices were performed by that wise one, as is heard.

सर्वे यज्ञा महाबाहोस्तस्यासन् भूरितेजसः। सर्वे काञ्चनवेदीकाः सर्वे यूपैश्च काञ्चनैः ।। ३२.

All the sacrifices of that mighty-armed, greatly radiant one were with golden altars and all with golden sacrificial posts.

सर्वे देवैर्म्माहाभागैर्विमानस्थैरलंकृताः। गन्धर्व्वैरप्सरोभिश्च नित्यमेवोपशोभिताः ।। ३२.

All were adorned by the blessed gods dwelling in their aerial chariots, and always graced by Gandharvas and Apsaras.

तस्य राज्ञो जगौ गाथां गन्धर्वो नारदस्तथा। चरितं तस्य राजर्षेर्महिमानं निरीक्ष्य च ।। ३२.

Then the Gandharva Nārada sang a song about that king, having observed the deeds and greatness of that royal sage.

न नूनं कार्त्तवीर्यस्य गतिं यास्यन्ति मानवाः। यज्ञैर्दानैस्तपोभिश्च विक्रमेण श्रुतेन च ।। ३२.

Surely, no humans will attain the path of Kārtavīrya—whether by sacrifices, gifts, austerities, valor, or learning.