Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]
76,857 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Harivamsa, an important addition to the larger epic Mahabharata, existing in several editions. The text deals with the ancient Indian Solar and Lunar dynasties leading and recounts the history of Krishna.
Chapter 16
śrāddhe pratiṣṭhito lokaḥ śrāddhād yogaḥ pravartate || 0 ||
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hanta te vartayiṣyāmi śrāddhasya phalamuttamam |
brahmadattena yatprāptaṃ saptajātiṣu bhārata || 1 ||
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tata eva hi dharmasya buddhirnirvartate śanaiḥ |
pīḍayāpyatha dharmasya kṛte śrāddhe purānagha || 2 ||
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yatprāptaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ pūrvaṃ tannibodha narottama || 2 ||
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tato'haṃ nātidharmiṣṭhān kurukṣetre pitṛvratān |
sanatkumāranirdiṣṭānapaśyaṃ sapta vai dvijān || 3 ||
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divyena cakṣuṣā tena yānuvāca purā vibhuḥ || 3 ||
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vāgduṣṭaḥ krodhano hiṃsraḥ piśunaḥ kavireva ca |
khasṛmaḥ pitṛvartī ca nāmabhiḥ karmabhistathā || 4 ||
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kauśikasya sutāstāta śiṣyā gārgyasya bhārata |
pitaryuparate sarve vratavantastadābhavan || 5 ||
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niyogātte gurostasya gāṃ dogdhrīṃ samakālayan |
samānavatsāṃ kapilāṃ sarve nyāyāgatāṃ tadā || 6 ||
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teṣāṃ pathi kṣudhārtānāṃ bālyānmohācca bhārata |
krūrā buddhiḥ samabhavattāṃ gāṃ vai hiṃsituṃ tadā || 7 ||
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tān kaviḥ khasṛmaścaiva yācete neti vai tadā |
na cāśakyanta te tābhyāṃ tadā vārayituṃ dvijāḥ || 8 ||
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pitṛvartī tu yasteṣāṃ nityaṃ śrāddhāhniko dvijaḥ |
sa sarvānabravīdbhrātṝn kopāddharmasamanvitaḥ || 9 ||
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yadyavaśyaṃ prakartavyā pitṝnuddiśya sādhvimāṃ |
prakurvīmahi gāṃ samyaksarva eva samāhitāḥ || 10 ||
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evameṣā ca gaurdharmaṃ prāpsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
pitṝnabhyarcya dharmeṇa nādharmo'sminbhaviṣyati || 11 ||
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tathetyuktvā ca te sarve prokṣayitvā ca gāṃ tataḥ |
pitṛbhyaḥ kalpayitvaināmupayujyanta bhārata || 12 ||
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upayujya ca gāṃ sarve gurostasya nyavedayat |
śārdūlena hatā dhenurvatso'yaṃ gṛhyatāmiti |
ārjavātsa tu vatsaṃ taṃ pratijagrāha vai dvijaḥ || 13 ||
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mithyopacarya te taṃ tu gurumanyāyato dvijāḥ |
kālena samayujyanta sarva evāyuṣaḥ kṣaye || 14 ||
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te vai hiṃsratayā krūrā anāryatvādgurostadā |
ugrā hiṃsāvihārāśca saptājāyanta sodarāḥ |
lubdhakasyātmajāstāta balavanto manasvinaḥ || 15 ||
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pitṝnabhyarcya dharmeṇa prokṣayitvā ca gāṃ tadā |
smṛtiḥ pratyavamarśaśca teṣāṃ jātyantare'bhavat || 16 ||
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jātā vyādhā daśārṇeṣu sapta dharmavicakṣaṇāḥ |
svadharmaniratāḥ sarve lobhānṛtavivarjitāḥ || 17 ||
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tāvanmātraṃ prakurvanti yāvatā prāṇadhāraṇam |
śeṣaṃ dharmaparāḥ kālamanudhyānti svakarma tat || 18 ||
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nāmadheyāni cāpyeṣāmimānyāsannarādhipa |
nirvairo nirvṛtaḥ kṣānto nirmanyuḥ kṛtireva ca |
vaidhaso mātṛvartī ca vyādhāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ || 19 ||
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tairevamuṣitaistāta hiṃsādharmaparairvane |
mātā ca pūjitā vṛddhā pitā ca paritoṣitaḥ || 20 ||
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yadā mātā pitā caiva saṃyuktau kāladharmaṇā |
tadā dhanūṃṣi te tyaktvā vane prāṇānavāsṛjan || 21 ||
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śubhena karmaṇā tena jātā jātismarā mṛgāḥ |
trāsodvegena saṃvignā ramye kālaṃjare girau || 22 ||
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unmukho nityavitrastaḥ stabdhakarṇo vilocanaḥ |
paṇḍito ghasmaro nādī nāmabhiste'bhavanmṛgāḥ || 23 ||
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tamevārthamanudhyānto jātismaraṇasaṃbhavam |
āsanvanecarāḥ kṣāntā nirdvandvā niṣparigrahāḥ || 24 ||
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te sarve śubhakarmāṇaḥ sadharmāṇo vanecarāḥ |
maruṃ sādhya jahuḥ prāṇāṃl laghvāhārāstapasvinaḥ || 25 ||
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teṣāṃ maruṃ sādhayatāṃ padasthānāni bhārata |
tathaivādyāpi dṛśyante girau kālañjare'cyuta || 26 ||
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karmaṇā tena te tāta śubhenāśubhavarjitāḥ |
śubhācchubhatarāṃ yoniṃ cakravākatvamāgatāḥ || 27 ||
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śubhe deśe sariddvīpe saptaivāsañjalaukasaḥ |
tyaktvā sahacarīdharmaṃ munayo dharmacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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niḥspṛho nirmamaḥ kṣānto nirdvaṃdvo niṣparigrahaḥ || 28 ||
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nirvṛttirnibhṛtaścaiva śakunā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ || 28 ||
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te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve śakunā dharmacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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nirāhārā jahuḥ prāṇāṃstapoyuktāḥ sarittaṭe || 28 ||
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atha te sodarā jātā haṃsā mānasacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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jātismarāḥ susaṃbaddhāḥ saptaiva brahmacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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viprayonau yato mohānmithyopacarito guruḥ || 28 ||
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tiryagyonau tato jātāḥ saṃsāre paribabhramuḥ || 28 ||
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yadā tu pitṛkāryārthaḥ kṛtaḥ svārthe vyavasthitaiḥ || 28 ||
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tato jñānaṃ ca jātiṃ ca te hi prāpurguṇottaram || 28 ||
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sumanā muniḥ suvāk śuddhaḥ pañcamaśchidradarśanaḥ |
sunetraśca svatantraśca śakunā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ || 29 ||
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pañcamaḥ pañcikastatra saptajātiṣvajāyata |
ṣaṣṭhastu kaṇḍarīko'bhūdbrahmadattastu saptamaḥ || 30 ||
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teṣāṃ tu tapasā tena saptajātikṛtena vai |
yogasya cābhinirvṛttyā pratibhānācca śobhanāt || 31 ||
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pūrvajātiṣu yadbrahma śrutaṃ gurukuleṣu vai |
tathaiva tatsthitaṃ brahma saṃsāreṣvapi vartatām || 32 ||
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te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve vihaṅgāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ |
yogadharmamanudhyānto viharanti sma tatra ha || 33 ||
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mānasaṃ tu saraḥ prāpya haṃsā bhūtvā jalaukasaḥ || 33 ||
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teṣāṃ tatra vihaṅgānāṃ caratāṃ sahacāriṇām |
nīpānāmīśvaro rājā vibhrājaḥ pauravānvayaḥ || 34 ||
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vibhrājamāno vapuṣā prabhāvena samanvitaḥ |
śrīmānantaḥpuravṛto vanaṃ tatpraviveśa ha || 35 ||
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svatantraścakravākastu spṛhayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam |
dṛṣṭvāyāntaṃ śriyopetaṃ bhaveyamahamīdṛśaḥ || 36 ||
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yadyasti sukṛtaṃ kiṃcittapo vā niyamo'pi vā |
khinno hyasmyupavāsena tapasā niṣphalena ca || 37 ||
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nṛpatvamahamicchāmi yadi me sukṛtaṃ bhavet || 37 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Harivamsa Chapter 16
Harivamsa Purana in 3 Volumes
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2013)
Text with English Notes and Index; [Eastern Book Linkers]
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Harivamsa Purana
by Ras Bihari Lal and Sons (2012)
Set of 10 Volumes; Transliterated Text with English Translation; [5425 pages]
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Shri Harivamsa Purana in Marathi
by Jitendra Nath Thakur (2021)
श्रीहरिवंशपुराण [Dharmik Prakashan Sanstha, Mumbai]
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Shri Harivamsha Purana (Telugu)
by Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son (2012)
శ్రీ వారివంశవ్రరాణం [Gollapudi Veeraswamy Son]
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Shri Harivamsa Purana (Narayani Language)
by Ramtej Pandey (2013)
With Commentary (Set Of 3 Volumes); Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation; [Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan]
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