Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]
140,807 words
This Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavatapurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The extant edition contains 12 books originally written in 18,000 Sanskrit verses
Chapter 20
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puruvaṃśavarṇanaṃ tatra duṣyaṃtabharatayoścaritam |
śrīśuka uvāca |
pūrorvaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi yatra jāto'si bhārata |
yatra rājarṣayo vaṃśyā brahmavaṃśyāśca jajñire || 1 ||
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janamejayo hyabhūt pūroḥ pracinvāṃstat sutastataḥ |
pravīro'tha manusyurvai tasmāccārupado'bhavat || 2 ||
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tasya sudyurabhūt putraḥ tasmād bahugavastataḥ |
saṃyātistasyāhaṃyātī raudrāśvastatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ || 3 ||
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ṛteyustasya kakṣeyuḥ sthaṇḍileyuḥ kṛteyukaḥ |
jaleyuḥ sannateyuśca dharmasatyavrateyavaḥ || 4 ||
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daśaite'psarasaḥ putrā vaneyuścāvamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
ghṛtācyāmindriyāṇīva mukhyasya jagadātmanaḥ || 5 ||
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ṛteyo rantibhāro'bhūt trayastasyātmajā nṛpa |
sumatirdhruvo'pratirathaḥ kaṇvo'pratirathātmajaḥ || 6 ||
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tasya medhātithiḥ tasmāt praskaṇvādyā dvijātayaḥ |
putro'bhūt sumate rebhyo duṣyantaḥ tatsuto mataḥ || 7 ||
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duṣyanto mṛgayāṃ yātaḥ kaṇvāśramapadaṃ gataḥ |
tatrāsīnāṃ svaprabhayā maṇḍayantīṃ ramāmiva || 8 ||
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vilokya sadyo mumuhe devamāyāmiva striyam |
babhāṣe tāṃ varārohāṃ bhaṭaiḥ katipayairvṛtaḥ || 9 ||
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taddarśanapramuditaḥ saṃnivṛttapariśramaḥ |
papraccha kāmasantaptaḥ prahasan ślakṣṇayā girā || 10 ||
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kā tvaṃ kamalapatrākṣi kasyāsi hṛdayaṃgame |
kiṃ vā cikīrṣitaṃ tvatra bhavatyā nirjane vane || 11 ||
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vyaktaṃ rājanyatanayāṃ vedmyahaṃ tvāṃ sumadhyame |
na hi cetaḥ pauravāṇāṃ adharme ramate kvacit || 12 ||
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śrīśakuntalovāca |
viśvāmitrātmajaivāhaṃ tyaktā menakayā vane |
vedaitad bhagavān kaṇvo vīra kiṃ karavāma te || 13 ||
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āsyatāṃ hyaravindākṣa gṛhyatāṃ arhaṇaṃ ca naḥ |
bhujyatāṃ santi nīvārā uṣyatāṃ yadi rocate || 14 ||
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duṣyanta uvāca |
upapannamidaṃ subhru jātāyāḥ kuśikānvaye |
svayaṃ hi vṛṇute rājñāṃ kanyakāḥ sadṛśaṃ varam || 15 ||
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omityukte yathādharmaṃ upayeme śakuntalām |
gāndharvavidhinā rājā deśakālavidhānavit || 16 ||
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amoghavīryo rājarṣiḥ mahiṣyāṃ vīryamādadhe |
śvobhūte svapuraṃ yātaḥ kālenāsūta sā sutam || 17 ||
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kaṇvaḥ kumārasya vane cakre samucitāḥ kriyāḥ |
baddhvā mṛgendrān tarasā krīḍati sma sa bālakaḥ || 18 ||
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taṃ duratyayavikrāntaṃ ādāya pramadottamā |
hareḥ aṃśāṃśasaṃbhūtaṃ bharturantikamāgamat || 19 ||
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yadā na jagṛhe rājā bhāryāputrāvaninditau |
śrṛṇvatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ khe vāg āha aśarīriṇī || 20 ||
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mātā bhastrā pituḥ putro yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ |
bharasva putraṃ duṣyanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām || 21 ||
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retodhāḥ putro nayati naradeva yamakṣayāt |
tvaṃ cāsya dhātā garbhasya satyamāha śakuntalā || 22 ||
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pitari uparate so'pi cakravartī mahāyaśāḥ |
mahimā gīyate tasya hareraṃśabhuvo bhuvi || 23 ||
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cakraṃ dakṣiṇahaste'sya padmakośo'sya pādayoḥ |
īje mahābhiṣekeṇa so'bhiṣikto'dhirāḍ vibhuḥ || 24 ||
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pañcapañcāśatā medhyaiḥ gaṃgāyāmanu vājibhiḥ |
māmateyaṃ purodhāya yamunāmanu ca prabhuḥ || 25 ||
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aṣṭasaptatimedhyāśvān babandha pradadad vasu |
bharatasya hi dauṣyanteḥ agniḥ sācīguṇe citaḥ |
sahasraṃ badvaśo yasmin brāhmaṇā gā vibhejire || 26 ||
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trayastriṃśacchataṃ hyaśvān baddhvā vismāpayan nṛpān |
dauṣyantiratyagānmāyāṃ devānāṃ gurumāyayau || 27 ||
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mṛgān śukladataḥ kṛṣṇān hiraṇyena parīvṛtān |
adātkarmaṇi maṣṇāre niyutāni caturdaśa || 28 ||
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bharatasya mahat karma na pūrve nāpare nṛpāḥ |
naivāpurnaiva prāpsyanti bāhubhyāṃ tridivaṃ yathā || 29 ||
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kirātahūṇān yavanān aṃdhrān kaṃkān khagān śakān |
abrahmaṇyān nṛpāṃścāhan mlecchān digvijaye'khilān || 30 ||
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jitvā purāsurā devān ye rasaukāṃsi bhejire |
devastriyo rasāṃ nītāḥ prāṇibhiḥ punarāharat || 31 ||
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sarvān kāmān duduhatuḥ prajānāṃ tasya rodasī |
samāstriṇavasāhasrīḥ dikṣu cakramavartayat || 32 ||
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sa samrāḍ lokapālākhyaṃ aiśvaryaṃ adhirāṭ śriyam |
cakraṃ cāskhalitaṃ prāṇān mṛnmṛṣetyupararāma ha || 33 ||
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tasyāsan nṛpa vaidarbhyaḥ patnyastisraḥ susammatāḥ |
jaghnustyāgabhayāt putrān nānurūpā itīrite || 34 ||
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tasyaivaṃ vitathe vaṃśe tadarthaṃ yajataḥ sutam |
marutstomena maruto bharadvājamupādaduḥ || 35 ||
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antarvatnyāṃ bhrātṛpatnyāṃ maithunāya bṛhaspatiḥ |
pravṛtto vārito garbhaṃ śaptvā vīryamupāsṛjat || 36 ||
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taṃ tyaktukāmāṃ mamatāṃ bhartutyāgaviśaṃkitām |
nāmanirvācanaṃ tasya ślokamenaṃ surā jaguḥ || 37 ||
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mūḍhe bhara dvājaṃ imaṃ bhara dvājaṃ bṛhaspate |
yātau yaduktvā pitarau bharadvājastatastvayam || 38 ||
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codyamānā surairevaṃ matvā vitathamātmajam |
vyasṛjan maruto'bibhran datto'yaṃ vitathe'nvaye || 39 ||
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iti śrīmadbhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ |
saṃhitāyāṃ navamaskandhe viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 20
Bhagavata Purana: With the Commentary of Sridhara Svamin
by (1999)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 829 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri
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The Bhagavata Purana (5 Volumes)
by G. P. Bhatt (2011)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 2241 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri
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The Srimad Bhagavata Purana: Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (2013)
Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 17691 pages; 18 volumes; Sanskrit Text, Word-to-Word Meaning, Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
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Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana in Bengali
by (2018)
Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 2035 pages.
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