Lord Krishna

śrīmadbhāgavatam 9.2

(Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9, Chapter 2 — The Sons of Manu and Their Lines in English (IAST))

Vyasa

Also known as evam gate tha sudyumne manurvaivasvata sute

The Sons of Manu and Their Lines. Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 9, Chapter 2 (The Dynasties of Sun and Moon), 36 verses in Sanskrit with transliteration in 9 scripts.

śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ gate ’tha sudyumne
manur vaivasvataḥ sute
putra-kāmas tapas tepe
yamunāyāṁ śataṁ samāḥ
tato ’yajan manur devam
apatyārthaṁ hariṁ prabhum
ikṣvāku-pūrvajān putrān
lebhe sva-sadṛśān daśa
pṛṣadhras tu manoḥ putro
go-pālo guruṇā kṛtaḥ
pālayām āsa gā yatto
rātryāṁ vīrāsana-vrataḥ
ekadā prāviśad goṣṭhaṁ
śārdūlo niśi varṣati
śayānā gāva utthāya
bhītās tā babhramur vraje
ekāṁ jagrāha balavān
sā cukrośa bhayāturā
tasyās tu kranditaṁ śrutvā
pṛṣadhro ’nusasāra ha
khaḍgam ādāya tarasā
pralīnoḍu-gaṇe niśi
ajānann acchinod babhroḥ
śiraḥ śārdūla-śaṅkayā
vyāghro ’pi vṛkṇa-śravaṇo
nistriṁśāgrāhatas tataḥ
niścakrāma bhṛśaṁ bhīto
raktaṁ pathi samutsṛjan
manyamāno hataṁ vyāghraṁ
pṛṣadhraḥ para-vīra-hā
adrākṣīt sva-hatāṁ babhruṁ
vyuṣṭāyāṁ niśi duḥkhitaḥ
taṁ śaśāpa kulācāryaḥ
kṛtāgasam akāmataḥ
na kṣatra-bandhuḥ śūdras tvaṁ
karmaṇā bhavitāmunā
evaṁ śaptas tu guruṇā
pratyagṛhṇāt kṛtāñjaliḥ
adhārayad vrataṁ vīra
ūrdhva-retā muni-priyam
vāsudeve bhagavati
sarvātmani pare ’male
ekāntitvaṁ gato bhaktyā
sarva-bhūta-suhṛt samaḥ
vimukta-saṅgaḥ śāntātmā
saṁyatākṣo ’parigrahaḥ
yad-ṛcchayopapannena
kalpayan vṛttim ātmanaḥ
ātmany ātmānam ādhāya
jñāna-tṛptaḥ samāhitaḥ
vicacāra mahīm etāṁ
jaḍāndha-badhirākṛtiḥ
evaṁ vṛtto vanaṁ gatvā
dṛṣṭvā dāvāgnim utthitam
tenopayukta-karaṇo
brahma prāpa paraṁ muniḥ
kaviḥ kanīyān viṣayeṣu niḥspṛho
visṛjya rājyaṁ saha bandhubhir vanam
niveśya citte puruṣaṁ sva-rociṣaṁ
viveśa kaiśora-vayāḥ paraṁ gataḥ
karūṣān mānavād āsan
kārūṣāḥ kṣatra-jātayaḥ
uttarā-patha-goptāro
brahmaṇyā dharma-vatsalāḥ
dhṛṣṭād dhārṣṭam abhūt kṣatraṁ
brahma-bhūyaṁ gataṁ kṣitau
nṛgasya vaṁśaḥ sumatir
bhūtajyotis tato vasuḥ
vasoḥ pratīkas tat-putra
oghavān oghavat-pitā
kanyā caughavatī nāma
sudarśana uvāha tām
citraseno nariṣyantād
ṛkṣas tasya suto ’bhavat
tasya mīḍhvāṁs tataḥ pūrṇa
indrasenas tu tat-sutaḥ
vītihotras tv indrasenāt
tasya satyaśravā abhūt
uruśravāḥ sutas tasya
devadattas tato ’bhavat
tato ’gniveśyo bhagavān
agniḥ svayam abhūt sutaḥ
kānīna iti vikhyāto
jātūkarṇyo mahān ṛṣiḥ
tato brahma-kulaṁ jātam
āgniveśyāyanaṁ nṛpa
nariṣyantānvayaḥ prokto
diṣṭa-vaṁśam ataḥ śṛṇu
nābhāgo diṣṭa-putro ’nyaḥ
karmaṇā vaiśyatāṁ gataḥ
bhalandanaḥ sutas tasya
vatsaprītir bhalandanāt
vatsaprīteḥ sutaḥ prāṁśus
tat-sutaṁ pramatiṁ viduḥ
khanitraḥ pramates tasmāc
cākṣuṣo ’tha viviṁśatiḥ
viviṁśateḥ suto rambhaḥ
khanīnetro ’sya dhārmikaḥ
karandhamo mahārāja
tasyāsīd ātmajo nṛpa
tasyāvīkṣit suto yasya
maruttaś cakravarty abhūt
saṁvarto ’yājayad yaṁ vai
mahā-yogy aṅgiraḥ-sutaḥ
maruttasya yathā yajño
na tathānyo ’sti kaścana
sarvaṁ hiraṇmayaṁ tv āsīd
yat kiñcic cāsya śobhanam
amādyad indraḥ somena
dakṣiṇābhir dvijātayaḥ
marutaḥ pariveṣṭāro
viśvedevāḥ sabhā-sadaḥ
maruttasya damaḥ putras
tasyāsīd rājyavardhanaḥ
sudhṛtis tat-suto jajñe
saudhṛteyo naraḥ sutaḥ
tat-sutaḥ kevalas tasmād
dhundhumān vegavāṁs tataḥ
budhas tasyābhavad yasya
tṛṇabindur mahīpatiḥ
taṁ bheje ’lambuṣā devī
bhajanīya-guṇālayam
varāpsarā yataḥ putrāḥ
kanyā celavilābhavat
yasyām utpādayām āsa
viśravā dhanadaṁ sutam
prādāya vidyāṁ paramām
ṛṣir yogeśvaraḥ pituḥ
viśālaḥ śūnyabandhuś ca
dhūmraketuś ca tat-sutāḥ
viśālo vaṁśa-kṛd rājā
vaiśālīṁ nirmame purīm
hemacandraḥ sutas tasya
dhūmrākṣas tasya cātmajaḥ
tat-putrāt saṁyamād āsīt
kṛśāśvaḥ saha-devajaḥ
kṛśāśvāt somadatto ’bhūd
yo ’śvamedhair iḍaspatim
iṣṭvā puruṣam āpāgryāṁ
gatiṁ yogeśvarāśritām
saumadattis tu sumatis
tat-putro janamejayaḥ
ete vaiśāla-bhūpālās
tṛṇabindor yaśodharāḥ

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