Chapter 7

janamejaya uvāca |
manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi vistareṇa tapodhana |
teṣāṃ pūrvavisṛṣṭiṃ ca vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya || 1 ||
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yāvanto manavaścaiva yāvantaṃ kālameva ca |
manvantarakathāṃ brahmañchrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ || 2 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
na śakyaṃ vistaraṃ tāta vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi |
manvantarāṇāṃ kauravya saṃkṣepaṃ tveva me śṛṇu || 3 ||
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svāyaṃbhuvo manustāta manuḥ svārociṣastathā |
auttamastāmasaścaiva raivataścākṣuṣastathā |
vaivasvataśca kauravya sāṃprato manurucyate || 4 ||
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uttamākhyastāmasaścā bhūtāṃ raivatacakṣuṣau || 4cd ||
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aṣṭamo dakṣasāvarṇirdharmasāvarṇireva ca || 4 ||
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rudraputrastu sāvarṇirbhavitaikādaśo manuḥ || 4 ||
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sāvarṇiśca manustāta bhautyo raucyastathaiva ca |
raivato brahmasāvarṇiḥ sūryasāvarṇireva ca |
tathaiva merusāvarṇāścatvāro manavaḥ smṛtāḥ || 5 ||
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atītā vartamānāśca tathaivānāgatāśca ye |
kīrtitā manavastāta mayaivaite yathāśruti |
ṛṣīṃsteṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi putrāndevagaṇāṃstathā || 6 ||
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marīciratrirbhagavānaṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ |
pulastyaśca vasiṣṭhaśca saptaite brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ || 7 ||
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uttarasyāṃ diśi tathā rājan saptarṣayaḥ sthitāḥ |
yāmā nāma tathā devā āsan svāyaṃbhuve'ntare || 8 ||
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agnīdhraścāgnibāhuśca medhā medhātithirvasuḥ |
jyotiṣmāndyutimān havyaḥ savanaḥ putra eva ca || 9 ||
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manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvasyaite daśa putrā mahaujasaḥ |
etatte prathamaṃ rājanmanvantaramudāhṛtam || 10 ||
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aurvo vasiṣṭhaputraśca stambaḥ kāśyapa eva ca |
prāṇo bṛhaspatiścaiva datto'triścyavanastathā |
ete maharṣayastāta vāyuproktā mahāvratāḥ || 11 ||
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devāśca tuṣitā nāma smṛtāḥ svārociṣe'ntare |
havirdhraḥ sukṛtirjyotirāpo mūrtirayasmayaḥ || 12 ||
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prathitaśca nabhasyaśca nabhaḥ sūryastathaiva ca |
svārociṣasya putrāste manostāta mahātmanaḥ |
kīrtitāḥ pṛthivīpāla mahāvīryaparākramāḥ || 13 ||
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dvitīyametatkathitaṃ tava manvantaraṃ mayā |
idaṃ tṛtīyaṃ vakṣyāmi tannibodha narādhipa || 14 ||
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vasiṣṭhaputrāḥ saptāsanvāsiṣṭhā iti viśrutāḥ |
hiraṇyagarbhasya sutā ūrjā jātāḥ sutejasaḥ || 15 ||
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ṛṣayo'tra mayā proktāḥ kīrtyamānānnibodha me |
auttameyānmahārāja daśa putrānmanoramān || 16 ||
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iṣa ūrjastanūpaśca madhurmādhava eva ca |
śuciḥ śukraḥ sahaścaiva nabhasyo nabha eva ca |
bhānavastatra devāśca manvantaramudāhṛtam || 17 ||
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manvantaraṃ caturthaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi tacchṛṇu |
kāvyaḥ pṛthustathaivāgnirjahnurdhātā ca bhārata |
kapīvānakapīvāṃśca tatra saptarṣayo nṛpa || 18 ||
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purāṇe kīrtitāstāta putrāḥ pautrāśca bhārata |
satyā devagaṇāścaiva tāmasasyāntare manoḥ || 19 ||
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putrāṃścaiva pravakṣyāmi tāmasasya manornṛpa || 19 ||
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dyutistapasyaḥ sutapāstapomūlastapodhanaḥ |
taporatirakalmāṣastanvī dhanvī paramṭapaḥ || 20 ||
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tāmasasya manorete daśa putrā mahābalāḥ |
vāyuproktā mahārāja caturthaṃ caitadantaram || 21 ||
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vedabāhuryadudhraśca munirvedaśirāstathā |
hiraṇyalomā parjanya ūrdhvabāhuśca somajaḥ |
satyanetrastathātreya ete saptarṣayo'pare || 22 ||
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devāścābhūtarajasastathā prakṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ |
pāriplavaśca raibhyaśca manorantaramucyate || 23 ||
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atha putrānimāṃstasya nibodha gadato mama |
dhṛtimānavyayo yuktastattvadarśī nirutsukaḥ || 24 ||
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araṇyaśca prakāśaśca nirmohaḥ satyavākkṛtiḥ |
raivatasya manoḥ putrāḥ pañcamaṃ caitadantaram || 25 ||
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ṣaṣṭhaṃ te saṃpravakṣyāmi tannibodha narādhipa |
bhṛgurnabho vivasvāṃśca sudhāmā virajāstathā || 26 ||
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atināmā sahiṣṇuśca sapta ete maharṣayaḥ |
cākṣuṣasyāntare tāta manordevānimāñchṛṇu || 27 ||
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ādyāḥ prabhūtā ṛbhavaḥ pṛthukāśca divaukasaḥ |
lekhāśca nāma rājendra pañca devagaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ || 28 ||
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ṛṣeraṅgirasaḥ putrā mahātmāno mahaujasaḥ |
nāḍvaleyā mahārāja daśa putrāśca viśrutāḥ |
uruprabhṛtayo rājan ṣaṣṭhaṃ manvantaraṃ smṛtam || 29 ||
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ṣaṣṭaṃ manvantaraṃ proktaṃ saptamaṃ tu nibodha me || 29 ||
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atrirvasiṣṭho bhagavān kaśyapaśca mahānṛṣiḥ |
gautamo'tha bharadvājo viśvāmitrastathaiva ca || 30 ||
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tathaiva putro bhagavānṛcīkasya mahātmanaḥ |
saptamo jamadagniśca ṛṣayaḥ sāṃprataṃ divi || 31 ||
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sādhyā rudrāśca viśve ca vasavo marutastathā |
ādityāścāśvinau caiva devau vaivasvatau smṛtau || 32 ||
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manorvaivasvatasyaite vartante sāṃprate'ntare |
ikṣvākupramukhāścaiva daśa putrā mahātmanaḥ || 33 ||
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manoḥ samabhavad rājandikṣu sarvāsu bhārata || 33 ||
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eteṣāṃ kīrtitānāṃ tu maharṣīṇāṃ mahaujasām |
rājanputrāśca pautrāśca dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata || 34 ||
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manvantareṣu sarveṣu prāgdiśaṃ sapta saptakāḥ |
sthitā dharmavyavasthārthaṃ lokasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca || 35 ||
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manvantare vyatikrānte catvāraḥ saptakā gaṇāḥ |
kṛtvā karma divaṃ yānti brahmalokamanāmayam || 36 ||
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tato'nye tapasā yuktāḥ sthānaṃ tatpūrayantyuta |
atītā vartamānāśca krameṇaitena bhārata || 37 ||
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etānyuktāni kauravya saptātītāni bhārata |
manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi nibodhānāgatāni me || 38 ||
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sāvarṇā manavastāta pañca tāṃśca nibodha me |
eko vaivasvatasteṣāṃ catvāraśca prajāpateḥ |
parameṣṭhisutāstāta merusāvarṇatāṃ gatāḥ || 39 ||
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dakṣasyaite hi dauhitrāḥ priyāyāstanayā nṛpa |
mahatā tapasā yuktā merupṛṣṭhe mahaujasaḥ || 40 ||
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ruceḥ prajāpateḥ putro raucyo nāma manuḥ smṛtaḥ |
bhūtyāṃ cotpādito devyāṃ bhautyo nāma ruceḥ sutaḥ |
anāgatāśca saptaite loke'sminmanavaḥ smṛtāḥ || 41 ||
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anāgatāśca saptaiva smṛtā divi maharṣayaḥ |
manorantaramāsādya sāvarṇasyeha tāñchṛṇu || 42 ||
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rāmo vyāsastathātreyo dīptimanto bahuśrutāḥ |
bhāradvājastathā drauṇiraśvatthāmā mahādyutiḥ || 43 ||
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gotamasyātmajaścaiva śaradvānnāma gautamaḥ |
kauśiko gālavaścaiva ruruḥ kāśyapa eva ca |
ete sapta mahātmāno bhaviṣyā munisattamāḥ || 44 ||
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devatānāṃ guṇāstatra trayaḥ proktāḥ svayaṃbhuvā || 44 ||
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mārīcasyaiva te putrāḥ kaśyapasya mahātmanaḥ || 44 ||
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brahmaṇaḥ sadṛśāścaite dhanyāḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ || 44 ||
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abhijātyātha tapasā mantravyākaraṇaistathā || 44 ||
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brahmalokapratiṣṭhāstu smṛtā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ || 44 ||
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bhūtabhavyabhavajjñānaṃ buddhā caiva tu yaiḥ svayam || 44 ||
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tapasā vai prasiddhā ye saṃgatā pravicintakāḥ || 44 ||
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mantravyākaraṇādyaiśca aiśvaryātsarvaśaśca ye || 44 ||
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etānbhāryāndvijo jñātvā naiṣṭhikāni ca nāma ca || 44 ||
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saptaite saptabhiścaiva guṇaiḥ saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ || 44 ||
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dīrghāyuṣo mantrakṛta īśvarā dīrghacakṣuṣaḥ || 44 ||
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buddhyā pratyakṣadharmāṇo gotraprāvartakāstathā || 44 ||
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kṛtādiṣu yugākhyeṣu sarveṣveva punaḥ punaḥ || 44 ||
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pravartayanti te varṇānāśramāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ || 44 ||
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saptarṣayo mahābhāgāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ || 44 ||
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teṣāṃ caivānvayotpannā jāyante hi punaḥ punaḥ || 44 ||
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mantrabrāhmaṇakartāro dharme praśithile tathā || 44 ||
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yasmācca varadāḥ sapta parebhyaścāparāḥ smṛtāḥ || 44 ||
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tasmānna kālo na vayaḥ pramāṇamṛṣibhāvane || 44 ||
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eṣa saptarṣikoddeśo vyākhyātaste mayā nṛpa || 44 ||
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sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrānbhaviṣyāñchṛṇu sattama || 44 ||
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saṃbandhācca svayaṃtejāḥ saṃbuddhāśca yataḥ svayam || 44 ||
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yasmācchaṃsanti te brahma tasmādbrahmarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ || 44 ||
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varīvāṃścāvarīvāṃśca saṃmato dhṛtimānvasuḥ |
cariṣṇurāḍhyo dhṛṣṇuśca vājī sumatireva ca |
sāvarṇasya manoḥ putrā bhaviṣyā daśa bhārata || 45 ||
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kṣamayā nṛpa sāvarṇā bhaviṣyāñchṛṇu bhārata || 45 ||
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eteṣāṃ kālyamutthāya kīrtanātsukhamedhate |
yaśaścāpnoti sumahadāyuṣmāṃśca bhavennaraḥ |
caturdaśe manobhāvye uragambhīrabudhnakāḥ |
putrāścāvai cākṣuṣā devā śukrādyāśca tapasvinaḥ |
atītanāgatānāṃ vai maharṣīṇāṃ sadā naraḥ || 46 ||
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devatānāṃ gaṇāḥ proktāḥ pañca vai bharatarṣabha || 46 ||
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taraṃgabhīrurvapraśca tarasvānugra eva ca || 46 ||
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abhimānī pravīraśca jiṣṇuḥ saṃkrandanastathā || 46 ||
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tejasvī sabalaścaiva bhautyasyaite manoḥ sutāḥ || 46 ||
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bhautyasyaivādhikāre tu pūrṇe kalpastu pūryate || 46 ||
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ityete'nāgatātītā manavaḥ kīrtitā mayā || 46 ||
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namaskṛtvā jayetsvargaṃ brāhmaṇo nātra saṃśayaḥ || 46 ||
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kṣatriyo jayate śatrūnvaiśyaḥ śūdro yathepsitam || 46 ||
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tairiyaṃ pṛthivī tāta sasamudrā sapattanā |
yathāpradeśamadyāpi sarvataḥ paripālyate |
pūrṇaṃ yugasahasraṃ hi paripālyā nareśvaraiḥ |
prajābhistapasā caiva saṃhārānte ca nityaśaḥ || 47 ||
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yugāni saptatistāni sāgrāṇi kathitāni te |
kṛtatretādiyuktāni manorantaramucyate || 48 ||
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caturdaśaite manavaḥ kīrtitāḥ kīrtivardhanāḥ |
vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sarve te prabhaviṣṇavaḥ |
prajānāṃ patayo rājandhanyameṣāṃ prakīrtanam || 49 ||
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manvantareṣu saṃhārāḥ saṃhārānteṣu saṃbhavāḥ |
na śakyamantaṃ teṣāṃ vai vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi || 50 ||
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visargasya prajānāṃ vai saṃhārasya ca bhārata |
manvantareṣu saṃhāraḥ śrūyate bharatarṣabha || 51 ||
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saśeṣāstatra tiṣṭhanti devā brahmarṣibhiḥ saha |
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śrutena ca samanvitāḥ |
pūrṇe yugasahasre tu kalpo niḥśeṣa ucyate || 52 ||
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tatra bhūtāni sarvāṇi dagdhānyādityaraśmibhiḥ |
brahmāṇamagrataḥ kṛtvā sahādityagaṇairvibho || 53 ||
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yogaṃ yogīśvaraṃ devamajaṃ kṣetrajamacyutam || 53 ||
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praviśanti suraśreṣṭhaṃ hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum |
sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ kalpānteṣu punaḥ punaḥ |
avyaktaḥ śāśvato devastasya sarvamidaṃ jagat || 54 ||
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tatra saṃvartate rātriḥ sakalaikārṇave tadā || 54 ||
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nārāyaṇodare nidrāṃ brāhmaṃ varṣasahasrakam || 54 ||
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tāvantamiti kālaṃ sā rātrirityabhiśabditā || 54 ||
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nidrāyogamanuprāpto yasyāmante pitāmahaḥ || 54 ||
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sā ca rātrirapakrāntā sahasrayugaparyayā || 54 ||
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tadā prabuddho bhagavānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ || 54 ||
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punaḥ sisṛkṣayā yuktaḥ sargāya vidadhe manaḥ || 54 ||
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saiva smṛtiḥ purāṇeyaṃ tadvṛttaṃ tadviceṣṭitam || 54 ||
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devasthānāni tānyeva kevalaṃ ca viparyayaḥ || 54 ||
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tato dagdhāni bhūtāni sarvāṇyādityaraśmibhiḥ || 54 ||
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devarṣiyakṣagandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ || 54 ||
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jāyante ca punastāta yuge bharatasattama || 54 ||
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yathartāv ṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye || 54 ||
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dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā brāhmīṣu rātriṣu || 54 ||
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niṣkramitvā prajākāraḥ prajāpatirasaṃśayam || 54 ||
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ye ca vai mānavā devāḥ sarve caiva maharṣayaḥ || 54 ||
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te saṃgatāḥ śuddhasaṅgāḥ śaśvaddharmavisargataḥ || 54 ||
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na bhavanti punastāta yuge bharatasattama || 54 ||
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tatsarvaṃ kramayogena kālasaṃkhyāvibhāgavit || 54 ||
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sahasrayugasaṃkhyānaṃ kṛtvā divasamīśvaraḥ || 54 ||
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rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ kṛtvā ca bhagavānvibhuḥ || 54 ||
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saṃharatyatha bhūtāni sṛjate ca punaḥ punaḥ || 54 ||
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vyaktāvyakto mahādevo harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || 54 ||
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atra te vartayiṣyāmi manorvaivasvatasya ha |
visargaṃ bharataśreṣṭha sāṃpratasya mahādyute || 55 ||
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vṛṣṇivaṃśaprasaṅgena kathyamānaṃ purātanam |
nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sūkṣmaḥ śāśvataḥ puruṣottamaḥ |
yatrotpanno mahātmā sa harirvṛṣṇikule prabhuḥ || 56 ||
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sarvāsuravināśāya sarvalokahitāya ca || 56 ||
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