पराशर उवाच । इतीरितस्तेन स राजवर्य्य स्तत्याज भेदं परमार्थदृष्टिः । स चापि जातिस्मरणाप्तबोध- स्तत्रैव जन्मन्यपवर्गमाप
Parāśara said: Thus addressed by him, the excellent king abandoned the notion of difference and attained the vision of ultimate reality; and, endowed with recollection of past births and true knowledge, he attained liberation in that very life.
इति भरतःनरेन्द्रसारवृत्तं कथयति यश्व श्वृणोति भक्तियुक्तः । स विमलमतिरेति नात्ममोहं भवति च संसरणेषु मुक्तियोग्यः
Whoever, with devotion, tells or hears this account of the noble king Bharata, gains a pure mind, is freed from self-delusion, and becomes fit for liberation from the cycle of birth and death.
मैत्रेय उवाच कथिता गुरुणा सम्यग्भूसमुद्रादिसंस्थितिः । सूर्यादिनां च संस्थानं ज्योतिषां चातिविस्तरात् ॥ ३,१.
Maitreya said: The teacher has fully described the existence of the earth, oceans, and so on, as well as the forms of the sun and other luminaries, and the details of the stars.
देवादीनां तथा सृष्टिर्ऋषीणां चापि वर्णिता । चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य चोत्पत्तिस्तिर्यग्योनिगतस्य च ॥ ३,१.
The creation of the gods and others, and also of the sages, has been narrated; the origin of the four varṇas and of beings born in other wombs as well.
ध्रुवप्रह्लादचरितं विस्तराच्च त्वयोदितम् । मन्वन्तराण्यशेषाणि श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यनुक्रमात् ॥ ३,१.
You have described in detail the stories of Dhruva and Prahlāda; I wish to hear, in order, about all the remaining Manvantaras.
मन्वन्तराधिपांश्चैव शक३ एवपुरोगमान् । भवता कथितानेताञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं गुरो ॥ ३,१.
And also the rulers of the Manvantaras, along with their leaders and followers, as you have recounted—these too, O teacher, I wish to hear from you.
श्रीपराशर उवाच अतीतानागतानीह यानि मन्वन्तराणि वै । तान्यहं भवतः सम्यक्लथयामि यथा क्रमम् ॥ ३,१.
Śrī Parāśara said: The Manvantaras that have passed and those yet to come—I shall properly recount them to you, in order.
स्वायंभुवो मनुः पूर्वं परः स्वारोचिषस्तथा । उत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चाक्षुषस्तथा ॥ ३,१.
Svāyambhuva Manu was first, then Svārociṣa, followed by Uttama, Tāmasa, Raivata, and then Cākṣuṣa.
षडेते मनवोतीताः सांप्रतं तु रवेः सुतः । वैवस्वतेयं यस्त्वेतत्मप्तमं वर्ततेन्तरम् ॥ ३,१.
These six Manus have passed; now, the son of the sun, Vaivasvata, is the Manu of the present Manvantara.
स्वायंभुवं तु कथितं कल्पादावन्तरं मया । देवाः सप्तर्षयश्चैव यथावत्कथिता मया ॥ ३,१.
The Svāyambhuva Manvantara at the beginning of the kalpa has been described by me, along with the gods and the seven sages, as appropriate.
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि मनोः स्वारोचिषस्य तु । मन्वन्तराधिपान्सम्यग्देवर्षिंस्तत्सुतांस्तथा ॥ ३,१.
Now I shall properly describe the rulers of the Svārociṣa Manvantara, the gods, the sages, and their sons.
पारावताः सतुषिता देवाः स्वारोचिषेऽन्तरे । विपश्चित्तत्र देवेन्द्रो मैत्रेयासीन्महाबलः ॥ ३,१.
In the Svārociṣa Manvantara, the Pārāvata and Tushita gods existed; Vipascit, of great strength, was the Indra there, O Maitreya.
ऊर्जस्तंभस्तथा प्राणो वातोथ* पृषभस्तथा । (*पाठ. दत्तोग्नी ऋषभस्तथा) निरयश्च परीवांश्च तत्र सप्तर्षयोऽभवन् ॥ ३,१.
Ūrja, Stambha, Prāṇa, Vāta, Ṛṣabha, Niraya, and Parīvān—these were the seven sages in that Manvantara.
चैत्रकिंपुरुषाद्याश्च सुताः स्वारोचिषस्य तु । द्वितीयमेतद्व्याख्यातमन्तरं शृणु चोत्तमम् ॥ ३,१.
Caitra, Kimpuruṣa, and others were the sons of Svārociṣa; thus the second Manvantara has been explained—now listen to the next one.
तृतीयेप्यन्तरे ब्रह्मन्नुत्तमो नाम यो मनुः । सुशान्तिर्नाम देवेन्द्रो मैत्रेयासीत्सुताञ्छृणु ॥ ३,१.
O Brahman, in the third interval, the Manu named Uttama appeared; the lord of the gods was called Suśānti. Hear now of their sons, O Maitreya.
सुधामानस्तथा सत्या जपाश्चाथ प्रतर्दनाः । वशवर्तिश्च पञ्चैते गणा द्वादशकाः स्मृताः ॥ ३,१.
Sudhāman, Satyā, Japā, Pratardana, and Vaśavartin—these five are known as the twelvefold groups.
वसिष्ठतनया ह्येते सप्त सप्तर्षयोभवन् । अजः परशुदीप्ताद्यास्तथोत्तममनोः सुताः ॥ ३,१.
These were the seven great sages, sons of Vasiṣṭha; Aja, Paraśudīpta, and others were the sons of Uttama Manu.
तामसस्यान्तरे देवाः सुपारा हरयस्तथा । सत्याश्च सुधियश्चैव सप्तविंशतिका गणाः ॥ ३,१.
In the Tāmasa interval, the gods were called Supāras and also Harayas; Satyas and Sudhiyas—these were the twenty-seven groups.
शिविरिन्द्रस्तथा चासीच्छतयज्ञोपलक्षमः । सप्तर्षयश्च ये तेषां तेषां नामानि मे शृणु ॥ ३,१.
Śivi was the Indra then, renowned for a hundred sacrifices; now hear from me the names of the seven sages of that time.
ज्योतिर्धामा पुथुः कात्यश्चैत्रोग्निर्धनकस्तथा । पीवरश्चर्षयो ह्येते सप्त तत्रापि चान्तरे ॥ ३,१.
Jyotirdhāma, Puthu, Kātya, Citrāgni, Dhanaka, Pīvara—these were the seven sages in that interval as well.
नरः ख्यातिः केतुरूपो जानुजङ्घादयस्तथा । पुत्रास्तु तामसस्यासन्नाजानः सुमहाबलाः ॥ ३,१.
Nara, Khyāti, Keturūpa, Jānujaṅgha, and others—these were the sons of Tāmasa, all of great strength.
पञ्चमे वापि मैत्रेय रैवतो नाम नामतः । मनुर्विभुश्च तत्रेन्द्रो देवांश्चात्रान्तरे शृणु ॥ ३,१.
In the fifth, O Maitreya, Manu was named Raivata, and Vibhu was the Indra; now hear of the gods in that interval.
अमिताभा भूतरया वैकुण्ठाः सुसमेधसः । एते देवगणास्तत्र चतुर्दश चतुर्दश ॥ ३,१.
Amitābhā, Bhūtarayā, Vaikuṇṭhas, and Susamedhas—these were the groups of gods there, fourteen in number.
हिरण्यरोमा वेदाश्रिरूर्ध्वबाहुस्तथावरः । वेदबाहुः सुधामा च पर्जन्यश्च महामुनिः । एते सप्तर्षयो विप्र तत्रासन्रैवतेन्तरे ॥ ३,१.
Hiraṇyaroma, Vedāśri, Ūrdhvabāhu, Vedabāhu, Sudhāma, Parjanya, and Avyaya—these were the seven sages, O sage, in the Raivata interval.
बलबन्धुश्च संभाव्यः सत्यकाद्याश्च तत्सुताः । नरेन्द्राश्च महावीर्या बभूवुर्मुनिसत्तम ॥ ३,१.
Balabandhu, Saṃbhāvya, Satyakā, and others—these sons became kings of great might, O best of sages.
स्वारोचिषश्चौत्तमश्च तामसो रैवतस्तथा । प्रियव्रतान्वया ह्येते चत्वारो मनवः स्मृताः ॥ ३,१.
Svārociṣa, Uttama, Tāmasa, and Raivata—these four Manus are remembered as descended from Priyavrata.
विष्णुमाराध्य तपसा स राजर्षिः प्रियव्रतः । मन्वन्तराधिपानेताल्लंब्धवानात्मवंशजान् ॥ ३,१.
Having worshipped Viṣṇu through austerity, the royal sage Priyavrata obtained as rulers of the Manvantaras his own descendants.
षष्ठे मन्वंरते चासीच्चाक्षुषाख्यस्तथा मनुः । मनोजवस्तथैवेन्द्रो देवानपि निबोध मे ॥ ३,१.
In the sixth Manvantara, the Manu was known as Cākṣuṣa; Manojava was the Indra. Now hear from me of the gods as well.
आप्याः प्रसूता भव्याश्च पृथुकाश्चा दिवौकसः । महानुभावा लेखाश्च पञ्चैते ह्यष्टका गणाः ॥ ३,१.
Āpyā, Prasūta, Bhavyā, Pṛthukā, and Lekhā—these five, together with three others, formed the eight groups of gods.
सुमेधा विरजाश्चैव हविष्मानुत्तमो मधुः । अतिनामा सहिष्णुश्च सप्तासन्निति चर्षयः ॥ ३,१.
Sumedhā, Virajā, Haviṣmān, Uttama, Madhu, Atināmā, and Sahiṣṇu—these seven were the sages.