Vayu Purana

ऐडवंशेऽथ सम्भूता यथा चेक्ष्वाकवो नृपाः। तेभ्य एव शतं पूर्णं कुलानामभिषेचितम् ।। ३२.

In the Aida lineage, as in the Ikshvaku kings, from them a full hundred families have been consecrated.

तावदेव तु भोजानां विस्तरो द्विगुणः स्मृतः । भोजन्तु त्रिशतं क्षत्रं चतुर्द्धा तद्यथादिशम् ।। ३२.

The extent of the Bhoja families is remembered as twice that; the Bhojas are three hundred Kshatriyas, divided into four as previously indicated.

तेष्वतीतास्तु राजानो ब्रुवतस्तान्निबोधत। शतं वै प्रतिविन्ध्यानां हैहयानां तथा शतम् ।। ३२.

Among them, the kings who have passed away—hear their names: a hundred of the Prativindhyas, likewise a hundred of the Haihayas.

धार्त्तराष्ट्रास्त्वेकशतं अशीतिर्जनमेजयाः। शतं वै ब्रह्मदत्तानां कुलानां वीर्यिणां शतम् ।। ३२.

There are one hundred Dhartarashtras, eighty Janamejayas, a hundred Brahmadattas, and a hundred families of the mighty.

ततः शतन्तु पौलानां शतं काशिकुशादयः । तथापरं सहस्रन्तु येऽतीताः शशबिन्दवः। इजानास्तेऽश्वमेधैस्तु सर्वे नियुतदक्षिणैः ।। ३२.

Then a hundred Paulas, a hundred Kashis and Kushas; likewise, a thousand Shashabindus who have passed away; all the Ijanas performed Ashvamedha sacrifices with countless gifts.

एवं संक्षेपतः प्रोक्ता न शक्या विस्तरेण तु। वक्तुं राजर्षयः कृत्स्ना येऽतीतास्तैर्युकैःसह ।। ३२.

Thus, in brief, they have been described; but it is not possible to recount in detail all the royal sages of the past along with their eras.

एते ययातिवंशस्य बभूवुर्वंशवर्द्धनाः। कीर्तिता द्युतिमन्तस्ते ये लोकान् धारयन्ति वै ।। ३२.

These illustrious ones, who have been named, were the enhancers of the Yayāti lineage, and they indeed uphold the worlds.

लभन्ते च वरान् पञ्च दुर्लभान् ब्रह्मलौकिकान् । आयुः पुत्रा धनं कीर्तिरैश्वर्यं भूतिरेव च ।। ३२.

They obtain five rare boons, pertaining to both the world of Brahma and this world: long life, sons, wealth, fame, sovereignty, and prosperity.

धारणाच्छ्रवणाच्चैव पञ्चवर्गस्य धीमताम्। तथोक्ता लौकिकाश्चैव ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजन्ति वै ।। ३२.

By upholding and hearing of these five groups, the wise, as has been said, attain worldly rewards and indeed reach the world of Brahma.

चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां च कृतं युगम् । तस्य तावच्छती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ।। ३२.

They say the Kṛta Yuga consists of four thousand years; its dawn (sandhyā) is of such a hundred, and the twilight (sandhyāṃśa) is likewise.

कृते वै प्रक्रियापादश्चतुःसाहस्र उच्यते। तस्माच्चतुःशतं सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशश्च यथाविधः ।। ३२.

In the Kṛta, the foundational period is said to be four thousand; from that, four hundred is the dawn, and the twilight is of the same measure.

त्रेतादीनि सहस्राणि संख्यया मुनिभिः सह। तस्यापि त्रिशती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशस्त्रिशतः स्मृतः ।। ३२.

The Tretā and the others are counted in thousands along with the sages; for that too, three hundred is the dawn, and the twilight is remembered as three hundred.

अनुषङ्गपादस्त्रेतायास्त्रिसाहस्रस्तु सङ्ख्यया। द्वापरे द्वे सहस्रे तु वर्षाणां सम्प्रकीर्तितम् ।। ३२.

The subsequent period of Tretā is reckoned as three thousand; in Dvāpara, it is declared to be two thousand years.

तस्यापि द्विशती सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशो द्विशतस्तथा। उपोद्वातस्तृतीयस्तु द्वापरे पाद उच्यते ।। ३२.

For that too, two hundred is the dawn, and the twilight is likewise two hundred; the third quarter in Dvāpara is called the upodvāta.

कलिं वर्षसहस्रन्तु प्राहुः सङ्ख्याविदो जनाः। तस्यापि शतिका सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशः शतमेव च ।। ३२.

Those who know numbers declare Kali to be of one thousand years; for that too, the dawn is one hundred, and the twilight is also one hundred.

संहारपादः संख्यातश्वतुर्थो वै कलौ युगे। ससन्ध्यानि सहांशानि चत्वारि तु युगानि वै ।। ३२.

The fourth, called the period of dissolution, is reckoned in Kali Yuga; thus, with their dawns and twilights, there are indeed four Yugas.

एतद् द्वादशसाहस्रं चतुर्युगमिति स्मृतम्। एवं पादैः सहस्राणि श्लोकानां पञ्च पञ्च च ।। ३२.

This set of four Yugas is remembered as twelve thousand (years); likewise, with their quarters, there are five thousand verses.

सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशकैरेव द्वे सहस्रे तथाऽपरे। एवं द्वादशसाहस्रं पुराणं कवयो विदुः ।। ३२.

With the dawns and twilights, there are also two thousand more; thus, the poets know the Purāṇa to be of twelve thousand (verses).

यथा वेदश्चतुष्पादश्चतुष्पादं तथा युगम्। यथा युगं चतुष्पादं विधात्रा विहितं स्वयम्। छचतुष्पादं सुराणान्तु ब्रह्मणा विहितं पुरा ।। ३२.

Just as the Veda is fourfold, so too is the Yuga fourfold; as the fourfold Yuga was established by the Creator, so too was the fourfold division for the gods ordained by Brahmā in ancient times.

मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु अतीतानागतेष्विह। तुल्याभिमानिनः सर्वे जायन्ते नामरूपतः ।। ३३.

In all the Manvantaras, past and future, here, all are born with equal pride, distinguished by name and form.

देवाश्च विविधा ये च तस्मिन् मन्वन्तरेऽधिपाः। ऋषयो मानवाश्चैव सर्वे तुल्याभिमानिनः ।। ३३.

The various gods and those who are rulers in that Manvantara, as well as the seers and Manus, all are born with equal pride.

महर्षिसर्गः प्रोक्तो वै वंशं स्वायम्भुवस्य तु। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च कीर्त्त्यमानं निबोधत ।। ३३.

The creation of the great seers has been described; now listen to the detailed and sequential account of the lineage of Svāyambhuva.

मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्यासन् दश पौत्रास्तु तत्समाः. यैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपसमन्विता ।। ३३.

Manu Svāyambhuva had ten grandsons, equal to him, by whom this entire earth, endowed with seven continents, was populated.

ससमुद्राकरवती प्रतिवर्षन्निवेशिता। स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे पूर्वमाद्ये त्रेतायुगे तदा ।। ३३.

In the first Treta Yuga of the Svayambhuva Manvantara, this earth, with its oceans, was established in its present form.

प्रियव्रतस्य पुत्रैस्तैः पौत्रैः स्वायम्भुवस्य तु। प्रजासर्गतपोयोगैस्तैरियं विनिवेशिता ।। ३३.

By the sons and grandsons of Priyavrata, and of Svayambhuva, through their creation of beings and practice of austerities, this world was arranged.

प्रियव्रतात् प्रजावन्तः वीरात् कन्या व्यजायत। कन्या सा तु महाभागा कर्द्दमस्य प्रजापतेः ।। ३३.

From Priyavrata, who was rich in offspring, a daughter named Kanyā was born; that illustrious Kanyā became the wife of the Prajapati Kardama.

कन्ये द्वे शतपुत्रांश्च सम्राट् कुक्षिश्च ते उभे। तर्योर्वै भ्रातरः शूराः प्रजापतिसमा दश ।। ३३.

There were two daughters and a hundred sons born to the emperor; among them, ten brothers, equal to Prajapatis, were valiant.

अग्नीध्रश्चवपुष्मांश्च मेधा मेधातिथिर्विभुः। ज्योतिष्मान् द्युतिमान् हव्यः सवनः सर्व एव च ।। ३३.

Agnīdhra, Vapuṣmān, Medha, Medhātithi, Vibhu, Jyotiṣmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Savana, and Sarva—these were the ten.

प्रियव्रतोऽभिषिच्यैतान् सप्त सप्तसु पार्थिवान्। द्वीपेषु तेषु धर्मेण द्वीपांस्तांश्च निबोधत ।। ३३.

Priyavrata anointed these seven as kings over the seven continents; learn now the names of those continents and their rulers.