Chapter 1

jayati parāśarasūnuḥ satyavatīhṛdayanandano vyāsaḥ || 0 ||
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yasyāsyakamalagalitaṃ vāṅmayamamṛtaṃ jagatpibati || 0 ||
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pitāmahādyaṃ pravadanti ṣaṣṭhaṃ maharṣimakṣayyavibhūtiyuktam || 0 ||
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nārāyaṇasyāṃsajamekaputraṃ dvaipāyanaṃ vedamahānidhānam || 0 ||
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ādyaṃ puruṣamīśānaṃ puruhūtaṃ puruṣṭutam || 0 ||
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ṛtamekākṣaraṃ brahma vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam || 0 ||
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asacca sadasaccaiva yadviśvaṃ sadasatparam || 0 ||
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parāvarāṇāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ purāṇaṃ paramavyayam || 0 ||
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maṅgalyaṃ maṅgalam viṣṇuṃ vareṇyamanaghaṃ śucim || 0 ||
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namaskṛtya hṛṣīkeśaṃ carācaraguruṃ harim || 0 ||
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naimiṣāraṇye kulapatiḥ śaunakastu mahāmuniḥ || 0 ||
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sautiṃ papraccha dharmātmā sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ || 0 ||
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jajñe bahujñaṃ paramatyudāraṃ yaṃ dvīpamadhye sutamātmayogāt || 0 ||
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parāśarātsatyavatī maharṣiṃ tasmai namo'jñānatamonudāya || 0 ||
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yo gośataṃ kanakaśṛṅgamayaṃ dadāti viprāya vedaviduṣe bahuviśrutāya || 0 ||
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puṇyāṃ ca bhāratakathāṃ śṛṇuyācca tadvattulyaṃ phalaṃ bhavati tasya ca tasya caiva || 0 ||
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śatāśvamedhasya yadatra puṇyaṃ catuḥsahasrasya śatakratośca || 0 ||
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bhavedanantaṃ harivaṃśadānātprakīrtitaṃ vyāsamaharṣiṇā ca || 0 ||
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yadvājapeyena tu rājasūyāddṛṣṭaṃ phalaṃ hastirathena cānyat || 0 ||
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tal labhyate vyāsavacaḥ pramāṇaṃ gītaṃ ca vālmīkimaharṣiṇā ca || 0 ||
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dvaipāyanauṣṭhapuṭaniḥsṛtamaprameyaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitramatha pāpaharaṃ śivaṃ ca || 0 ||
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yo bhārataṃ samadhigacchati vācyamānaṃ kiṃ tasya puṣkarajalairabhiṣecanena || 0 ||
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yo harivaṃśaṃ lekhayati yathāvidhinā mahātapāḥ sapadi || 0 ||
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sa yāti hareḥ padakamalaṃ kamalaṃ madhupo yathā lubdhaḥ || 0 ||
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yaṃ brahma vedāntavido vadanti paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ tathānye || 0 ||
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viśvādgateḥ kāraṇamīśvaraṃ sa tasmai namo vighnavināśanāya || 0 ||
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saṃsāratāraṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ yogidhyeyamanuttamam || 0 ||
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śṛṇoti harivaṃśaṃ yaḥ śraddhayā vaṃśavardhanam || 0 ||
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pratyakṣaraṃ bhavetteṣāṃ kapilādānajaṃ phalam || 0 ||
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yo dadāti harivaṃśapustakaṃ brāhmaṇāya viduṣe sadakṣiṇam || 0 ||
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so'śvamedhaphalabhāgbhavennaraḥ satyameva kathitaṃ maharṣiṇā || 0 ||
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cakraṃ yasya bhujāgrahastalalitaṃ vidyutprabhaṃ rājate śaṅkho yasya virājate karatale saṃpūrṇacandraprabhaḥ || 0 ||
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mālā yasya sacampakā satilakā sāśokanīlotpalā sa tvāṃ pātu ṣadardhavikramagatistrilokyanātho hariḥ || 0 ||
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yo'vidyādyairaśeṣairmanasi vinihitaiḥ kleśasaṃjñaistridoṣairaspṛṣṭo nirguṇatvātparamagururajaḥkarmabhistatphalairvā || 0 ||
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sarvajñatvādiyukto niratiśayasukhaprāptiheturyatīnāṃ so'nādirvāsudevaḥ śamayatu duritaṃ sarvajanmārjitaṃ vaḥ || 0 ||
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jitaṃ te puṇḍarīkākṣa namaste viśvabhāvana || 0 ||
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namaste'stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣapūrvaja || 0 ||
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śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam || 0 ||
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prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyetsarvavighnopaśāntaye || 0 ||
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vāgīśādyāḥ sumanasaḥ sarvārthānāmupakrame || 0 ||
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yaṃ natvā kṛtakṛtyāḥ syustaṃ namāmi gajānanam || 0 ||
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indirākucapāṭīra paṅkasaṃkalitodaraḥ || 0 ||
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dadyādamandamānandamacirānno nṛkesarī || 0 ||
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kālindījalakallola kolāhalakutūhalī || 0 ||
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asatkīrtanakāntāra parivartanapāṃsulām || 0 ||
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vācaṃ śaurikathālāpa gaṅgayaiva punīmahe || 0 ||
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indīvarakaḷaśyāmaṃ indirānandakandaḷam || 0 ||
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vandārujanamandāraṃ vande'haṃ yadunandanam || 0 ||
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vyāsaṃ vasiṣṭhanaptāraṃ śakteḥ putramakalmaṣam || 0 ||
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parāśarātmajaṃ vande śukatātaṃ taponidhim || 0 ||
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vyāsāya viṣṇurūpāya vyāsarūpāya viṣṇave || 0 ||
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namo vai brahmanidhaye vāsiṣṭhāya namo namaḥ || 0 ||
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śaunaka uvāca |
saute sumahadākhyānaṃ bhavatā parikīrtitam |
bhāratānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ pārthivānāṃ tathaiva ca || 1 ||
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devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām |
daityānāmatha siddhānāṃ guhyakānāṃ tathaiva ca || 2 ||
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atyadbhutāni karmāṇi vikramā dharmaniścayāḥ |
vicitrāśca kathāyogā janma cāgryamanuttamam || 3 ||
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kathitaṃ bhavatā puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ ślakṣṇayā girā |
manaḥkarṇasukhaṃ tanmāṃ prīṇātyamṛtasaṃmitam || 4 ||
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tatra janma kurūṇāṃ vai tvayoktaṃ lomaharṣiṇe |
na tu vṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ vai tadbhavānprabravītu me || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
janamejayena yatpṛṣṭaḥ śiṣyo vyāsasya dhīmataḥ |
dharmavitkathayāmāsa kulaṃ teṣāṃ savistaram |
tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi vṛṣṇīnāṃ vaṃśamāditaḥ || 6 ||
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śrutvetihāsaṃ kārtsnyena bharatānāṃ sa bhārataḥ |
janamejayo mahāprājño vaiśaṃpāyanamabravīt || 7 ||
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mahābhāratamākhyānaṃ bahvarthaṃ bahuvistaram |
kathitaṃ bhavatā vipra vistareṇa mayā śrutam || 8 ||
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tatra śūrāḥ samākhyātā bahavaḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ |
nāmabhiḥ karmabhiścaiva vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ || 9 ||
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teṣāṃ karmāvadātāni tvayoktāni dvijottama |
tatra tatra samāsena vistareṇaiva cābhibho || 10 ||
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na ca me tṛptirastīha kīrtyamāne purātane |
ekaśca me mato rāśirvṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍavāstathā || 11 ||
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bhavāṃśca vaṃśakuśalasteṣāṃ pratyakṣadarśivān |
kathayasva kulaṃ teṣāṃ vistareṇa tapodhana || 12 ||
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yasya yasyānvaye ye ye tāṃstānicchāmi veditum |
pūrvaṃ kathā samākhyātā vicitrā ca mahīpate |
teṣāṃ pūrvavisṛṣṭiṃ ca vicitrāmā prajāpateḥ || 13 ||
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sarvametadaśeṣeṇa kathayasva dvijottama || 13 ||
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yena vai śṛṇvatāṃ puṃsāmaputratvaṃ praṇaśyati || 13 ||
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evaṃ saṃcodito rājā vyāsaśiṣyo mahāmune || 13 ||
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sūta uvāca |
satkṛtya paripṛṣṭastu sa mahātmā mahātapāḥ |
vistareṇānupūrvyā ca kathayāmāsa tāṃ kathām || 14 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ puṇyāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm |
kathyamānāṃ mayā citrāṃ bahvarthāṃ śrutisaṃmitām || 15 ||
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yaścaināṃ dhārayettāta śṛṇuyādvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ |
yaścaināṃ dhārayedvipraḥ śrāvayedvā mahātmanām |
svavaṃśadhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā svargaloke mahīyate || 16 ||
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avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattannityaṃ sadasadātmakam |
pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ tasmānnirmame viśvamīśvaraḥ || 17 ||
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taṃ vai viddhi mahārāja brahmāṇamamitaujasam |
sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇam || 18 ||
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ahaṃkarastu mahatastasmādbhūtāni jajñire |
bhūtabhedāśca bhūtebhya iti sargaḥ sanātanaḥ || 19 ||
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vistarāvayavaṃ caiva yathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam |
kīrtyamānaṃ śṛṇu mayā pūrveṣāṃ kīrtivardhanam || 20 ||
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dhanyaṃ yaśasyaṃ śatrughnaṃ svargyamāyurvivardhanam |
kīrtanaṃ sthirakīrtīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām || 21 ||
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tasmātkalyāya te kalyaḥ samagraṃ śucaye śuciḥ |
tasmai hiraṇyagarbhāya puruṣāyeśvarāya ca |
ajāya prathamāyaiva variṣṭhāya prajāpate |
brahmaṇe lokanāthāya gariṣṭhāya svayaṃbhuve |
praṇamya prabhave pūrvaṃ tasmai amitatejase |
ā vṛṣṇivaṃśādvakṣyāmi bhūtasargamanuttamam || 22 ||
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viṣṇuḥ svayaṃbhūrbhagavān sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ |
apa eva sasarjādau tāsu vīryamavāsṛjat || 23 ||
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āpo nārā iti proktā nāmnā pūrvamiti śrutiḥ |
ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || 24 ||
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hiraṇyavarṇamabhavattadaṇḍamudakeśayam |
tatra jajñe svayaṃ brahmā svayaṃbhūriti naḥ śrutam || 25 ||
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hiraṇyagarbho bhagavānuṣitvā parivatsaram |
tadaṇḍamakaroddvaidhaṃ divaṃ bhuvamathāpi ca || 26 ||
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tayoḥ śakalyormadhyamākāśamakarotprabhuḥ |
apsu pāriplavāṃ pṛthvīṃ diśaśca daśadhā dadhe || 27 ||
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tatra kālaṃ mano vācaṃ kāmaṃ krodhamatho ratim |
sasarja sṛṣṭiṃ tadrūpāṃ sraṣṭumicchanprajāpatim || 28 ||
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marīcimatryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum |
vasiṣṭhaṃ ca mahātejāḥ so'sṛjatsapta mānasān || 29 ||
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sapta brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ |
nārāyaṇātmakānāṃ vai saptānāṃ brahmajanmanām || 30 ||
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tato'sṛjatpunarbrahmā rudraṃ roṣātmasaṃbhavam |
sanatkumāraṃ ca ṛṣiṃ pūrveṣāmapi pūrvajam || 31 ||
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sapta tvete prajāyante prajā rudraśca bhārata |
skandaḥ sanatkumāraśca tejaḥ saṃkṣipya tiṣṭhataḥ || 32 ||
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teṣāṃ sapta mahāvaṃśā divyā devagaṇānvitāḥ |
kriyāvantaḥ prajāvanto maharṣibhiralaṃkṛtāḥ || 33 ||
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vidyuto'śanimeghāṃśca rohitendradhanūṃsi ca |
sanaśca yogatattvajñaṃ sanakaṃ ca sanandanam |
ete sapta samākhyātā ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ |
yādāṃsi ca sasarjādau parjanyaṃ ca sasarja ha || 34 ||
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ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni nirmame yajñasiddhaye |
mukhāddevānajanayatpitṝṃśceśo'pi vakṣasaḥ |
prajanācca manuṣyānvai jaghanānnirmame'surān |
sādhyāṃstairayajandevānityevamanuśuśrumaḥ || 35 ||
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uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyastasya jajñire |
brahmāṇaṃ hṛdayaṃ bhittvā niścito bhagavānbhṛguḥ || stanaṃ tu dakṣiṇaṃ bhittvā brahmajena ca vigrahaḥ |
niśrito bhagavāndharmaḥ sarvalokasukhāvahaḥ || trayastasya varāḥ putrāḥ sarvabhūtamanoharāḥ |
kāmaḥ śamaśca harṣaśca tejasā lokadhāriṇaḥ || kāmasya tu ratirbhāryā śamasya prītiraṅganā |
nandā bhāryā ca harṣasya trayo lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
āpavasya prajāsargaṃ sṛjato hi prajāpateḥ || 36 ||
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sṛjyamānāḥ prajā naiva vivardhante yadā tadā || 36 ||
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dvidhā kṛtvātmano dehamardhena puruṣo'bhavat |
ardhena nārī tasyāṃ sa sasṛje vividhāḥ prajāḥ |
divaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ caiva mahimnā vyāpya tiṣṭati || 37 ||
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virājamasṛjadviṣṇuḥ so'sṛjatpuruṣaṃ virāṭ |
puruṣaṃ taṃ manuṃ viddhi tadvai manvantaraṃ smṛtam |
dvitīyamāpavasyaitanmanorantaramucyate || 38 ||
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sa vairājaḥ prajāsargaṃ sasarja puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ |
manuṃ prajāpatiṃ viddhi sasarja prabhurīśvaraḥ |
nārāyaṇavisargaḥ sa prajāstasyāpyayonijāḥ || 39 ||
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āyuṣmān kīrtimāndhanyaḥ prajāvāṃśca bhavennaraḥ |
sthiravaṃśaśca bhavati mṛtaḥ svarge mahīyate |
ādisargaṃ viditvemaṃ yatheṣṭāṃ prāpnuyādgatim || 40 ||
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