Eighth Skandha · Chapter 4
Sourceश्रीनारायण उवाच मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्यासीज्ज्येष्ठः पुत्रः प्रियव्रतः । पितुः सेवापरो नित्यं सत्यधर्मपरायणः ॥ १ ॥ प्रजापतेर्दुहितरं सुरूपां विश्वकर्मणः । बर्हिष्मतीं चोपयेमे समानां शीलकर्मभिः ॥ २ ॥ तस्यां पुत्रान्दश गुणैरन्वितान्भावितात्मनः । जनयामास कन्यां चोर्जस्वतीं च यवीयसीम् ॥ ३ ॥ आग्नीध्रश्चेध्मजिह्वश्च यज्ञबाहुस्तृतीयकः । महावीरश्चतुर्थस्तु पञ्चमो रुक्मशुक्रकः ॥ ४ ॥ घृतपृष्ठश्च सवनो मेधातिथिरथाष्टमः । वीतिहोत्रः कविश्चेति दशैते वह्निनामकाः ॥ ५ ॥ एतेषां दशपुत्राणां त्रयोऽप्यासन्विरागिणः । कविश्च सवनश्चैव महावीर इति त्रयः ॥ ६ ॥ आत्मविद्यापरिष्णाताः सर्वे ते ह्यूर्ध्वरेतसः । आश्रमे परहंसाख्ये निःस्पृहा ह्यभवन्मुदाः ॥ ७ ॥ अपरस्यां च जायायां त्रयः पुत्राश्च जज्ञिरे । उत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चेति विश्रुताः ॥ ८ ॥ मन्वन्तराधिपतय एते पुत्रा महौजसः । प्रियव्रतः स राजेन्द्रो बुभुजे जगतीमिमाम् ॥ ९ ॥ एकादशार्बुदाब्दानामव्याहतबलेन्द्रियः । यदा सूर्यः पृथिव्याश्च विभागे प्रथमेऽतपत् ॥ १० ॥ भागे द्वितीये तत्रासीदन्धकारोदयः किल । एवं व्यतिकरं राजा विलोक्य मनसा चिरम् ॥ ११ ॥ प्रशास्ति मयि भूम्यां च तमः प्रादुर्भवेत्कथम् । एवं निवारयिष्यामि भूमौ योगबलेन च ॥ १२ ॥ एवं व्यवसितो राजा पुत्रः स्वायम्भुवस्य सः । रथेनादित्यवर्णेन सप्तकृत्वः प्रकाशयन् ॥ १३ ॥ तस्यापि गच्छतो राज्ञो भूमौ यद्रथनेमयः । पतितास्ते समुद्राख्यां भेजिरे लोकहेतवे ॥ १४ ॥ जाताः प्रदेशास्ते सप्त द्वीपा भूमौ विभागशः । रथनेमिसमुत्थास्ते परिखाः सप्त सिन्धवः ॥ १५ ॥ यत आसंस्ततः सप्त भुवो द्वीपा हि ते स्मृताः । जम्बुद्वीपः प्लक्षद्वीपः शाल्मलीद्वीपसंज्ञकः ॥ १६ ॥ कुशद्वीपः क्रौञ्चद्वीपः शाकद्वीपश्च पुष्करः । तेषां च परिमाणं तु द्विगुणं चोत्तरोत्तरम् ॥ १७ ॥ समन्ततश्चोपक्लृप्तं बहिर्भागक्रमेण च । क्षारोदेक्षुरसोदौ च सुरोदश्च घृतोदकः ॥ १८ ॥ क्षीरोदो दधिमण्डोदः शुद्धोदश्चेति ते स्मृताः । सप्तैते प्रतिविख्याताः पृथिव्यां सिन्धवस्तदा ॥ १९ ॥ प्रथमो जम्बुद्वीपाख्यो यः क्षारोदेन वेष्टितः । तत्पतिं विदधे राजा पुत्रमाग्नीध्रसंज्ञकम् ॥ २० ॥ प्लक्षद्वीपे द्वितीयेऽस्मिन्द्वीपेक्षुरससंप्लुते । जातस्तदधिपः प्रैयव्रत इध्मादिजिह्वकः ॥ २१ ॥ शाल्मलीद्वीप एतस्मिन्सुरोदधिपरिप्लुते । यज्ञबाहुं तदधिपं करोति स्म प्रियव्रतः ॥ २२ ॥ कुशद्वीपेऽतिरम्ये च घृतोदेनोपवेष्टिते । हिरण्यरेता राजाभूत्प्रियव्रततनूजनिः ॥ २३ ॥ क्रौञ्चद्वीपे पञ्चमे तु क्षीरोदपरिसंप्लुते । प्रैयव्रतो घृतपृष्ठः पतिरासीन्महाबलः ॥ २४ ॥ शाकद्वीपे चारुतरे दधिमण्डोदसंकुले । मेधातिथिरभूद्राजा प्रियव्रतसुतो वरः ॥ २५ ॥ पुष्करद्वीपके शुद्धोदकसिन्धुसमाकुले । वीतिहोत्रो बभूवासौ राजा जनकसम्मतः ॥ २६ ॥ कन्यामूर्जस्वतीनाम्नीं ददावुशनसे विभुः । आसीत्तस्यां देवयानी कन्या काव्यस्य विश्रुता ॥ २७ ॥ एवं विभज्य पुत्रेभ्यः सप्तद्वीपान् प्रियव्रतः । विवेकवशगो भूत्वा योगमार्गाश्रितोऽभवत् ॥ २८ ॥
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca manoḥ svāyambhuvasyāsījjyeṣṭhaḥ putraḥ priyavrataḥ | pituḥ sevāparo nityaṃ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ || 1 || prajāpaterduhitaraṃ surūpāṃ viśvakarmaṇaḥ | barhiṣmatīṃ copayeme samānāṃ śīlakarmabhiḥ || 2 || tasyāṃ putrāndaśa guṇairanvitānbhāvitātmanaḥ | janayāmāsa kanyāṃ corjasvatīṃ ca yavīyasīm || 3 || āgnīdhraścedhmajihvaśca yajñabāhustṛtīyakaḥ | mahāvīraścaturthastu pañcamo rukmaśukrakaḥ || 4 || ghṛtapṛṣṭhaśca savano medhātithirathāṣṭamaḥ | vītihotraḥ kaviśceti daśaite vahnināmakāḥ || 5 || eteṣāṃ daśaputrāṇāṃ trayo'pyāsanvirāgiṇaḥ | kaviśca savanaścaiva mahāvīra iti trayaḥ || 6 || ātmavidyāpariṣṇātāḥ sarve te hyūrdhvaretasaḥ | āśrame parahaṃsākhye niḥspṛhā hyabhavanmudāḥ || 7 || aparasyāṃ ca jāyāyāṃ trayaḥ putrāśca jajñire | uttamastāmasaścaiva raivataśceti viśrutāḥ || 8 || manvantarādhipataya ete putrā mahaujasaḥ | priyavrataḥ sa rājendro bubhuje jagatīmimām || 9 || ekādaśārbudābdānāmavyāhatabalendriyaḥ | yadā sūryaḥ pṛthivyāśca vibhāge prathame'tapat || 10 || bhāge dvitīye tatrāsīdandhakārodayaḥ kila | evaṃ vyatikaraṃ rājā vilokya manasā ciram || 11 || praśāsti mayi bhūmyāṃ ca tamaḥ prādurbhavetkatham | evaṃ nivārayiṣyāmi bhūmau yogabalena ca || 12 || evaṃ vyavasito rājā putraḥ svāyambhuvasya saḥ | rathenādityavarṇena saptakṛtvaḥ prakāśayan || 13 || tasyāpi gacchato rājño bhūmau yadrathanemayaḥ | patitāste samudrākhyāṃ bhejire lokahetave || 14 || jātāḥ pradeśāste sapta dvīpā bhūmau vibhāgaśaḥ | rathanemisamutthāste parikhāḥ sapta sindhavaḥ || 15 || yata āsaṃstataḥ sapta bhuvo dvīpā hi te smṛtāḥ | jambudvīpaḥ plakṣadvīpaḥ śālmalīdvīpasaṃjñakaḥ || 16 || kuśadvīpaḥ krauñcadvīpaḥ śākadvīpaśca puṣkaraḥ | teṣāṃ ca parimāṇaṃ tu dviguṇaṃ cottarottaram || 17 || samantataścopaklṛptaṃ bahirbhāgakrameṇa ca | kṣārodekṣurasodau ca surodaśca ghṛtodakaḥ || 18 || kṣīrodo dadhimaṇḍodaḥ śuddhodaśceti te smṛtāḥ | saptaite prativikhyātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ sindhavastadā || 19 || prathamo jambudvīpākhyo yaḥ kṣārodena veṣṭitaḥ | tatpatiṃ vidadhe rājā putramāgnīdhrasaṃjñakam || 20 || plakṣadvīpe dvitīye'smindvīpekṣurasasaṃplute | jātastadadhipaḥ praiyavrata idhmādijihvakaḥ || 21 || śālmalīdvīpa etasminsurodadhipariplute | yajñabāhuṃ tadadhipaṃ karoti sma priyavrataḥ || 22 || kuśadvīpe'tiramye ca ghṛtodenopaveṣṭite | hiraṇyaretā rājābhūtpriyavratatanūjaniḥ || 23 || krauñcadvīpe pañcame tu kṣīrodaparisaṃplute | praiyavrato ghṛtapṛṣṭhaḥ patirāsīnmahābalaḥ || 24 || śākadvīpe cārutare dadhimaṇḍodasaṃkule | medhātithirabhūdrājā priyavratasuto varaḥ || 25 || puṣkaradvīpake śuddhodakasindhusamākule | vītihotro babhūvāsau rājā janakasammataḥ || 26 || kanyāmūrjasvatīnāmnīṃ dadāvuśanase vibhuḥ | āsīttasyāṃ devayānī kanyā kāvyasya viśrutā || 27 || evaṃ vibhajya putrebhyaḥ saptadvīpān priyavrataḥ | vivekavaśago bhūtvā yogamārgāśrito'bhavat || 28 ||
English translation
1-28. The Risi Narayana said The eldest son of Svayambhuva, Priyavrata served always his father and was very truthful. He nnarried the daughter of the Prajapati VisVa Karma, the exceedingly lovely and beautiful Barhismati, resembling like him, adorned with modesty, good nature and various other qualifications. He begat ten sons, very spiritual and well qualified and one daughter named Urjasvati. This daughter was the youngest of all. The names of the ten sons are respectively (1) Agnidhra, (2) Idhmajibha, (3) Jajhabahu, (4) Mahavira, (5) Rukmas'ukra (Hiranyareta), (6) Ghritapristha, (7) Savana, (8) Medhatithi, (9) Vitihotra and (10) Kavi. The name “Agni” was attached to each of the above names. Out of these ten, the three sons named Kavi, Savana, and Mahavira were indifferent and dispassionate to the world. In due time, these became extremely free from all desires and they were proficient in Atmavidya (Self- Knowledge). They were all Urdhareta (of perpetual chastity; who has subdued all their passions) and took gladly to the Paramahamsa Dharma. Priyavrata had by his other wife three sons, named Uttama, Tamasa, and Raivata. These were all widely known; each of them in due time became endowed with great prowess and splendour and became the Lord of one Manvatara. Priyavrata, the son of Svayambhuva, the King-Emperor enjoyed with his sons and relations, this earth for eleven Arvuda years; the wonder was this, that he lived so long and there was seen no decay in his strength as regards his body or his senses. Once on an occasion, the King observed that when the sun appeared on the horizon and got up, one part of the earth was illumined and the remaining part was enveloped in darkness. Seeing this discrepancy, he thought over for a long time and exclaimed, “What! Will the Darkness be seen in my kingdom, while I am reigning? This can never be. I will stop this by my Yogic powers.” Thus thinking, the King Priyavrata mounted on a luminous chariot, as big as the Sun, to illumine the whole world and
circumambulated round the earth seven times. Whatever portion of the earth was trodden by the wheel on each occasion, became an ocean. Thus the seven oceans had their origins. And the portion of the earth, that was included within the ruts, became the seven islands (Dvipas). 0 Child! Now hear about the seven Dvipas and the seven Oceans The first is the Jambu Dvipa; the second is Plaksa, the third is S'almali; the fourth is the Kus'a Dvipa; the fifth is Krauncha; the sixth is the S'aka Dvipa; and the seventh is the Puskara Dvipa. The second Dvipa Plaksa is twice the first Jambu Dvipa and so on; each succeeding Dvipa is twice as large as its previous one. Now hear the names of the oceans. The first ocean is named Ksaroda (the salt water ocean); the second is Iksurasa (the sugarcane ocean); the third is Sura (the wine ocean), the fourth is Ghritoda (the clarified butter ocean) the fifth is Ksiroda (the ocean of milk); the sixth is Dadhi Manda (the ocean of curds); and the seventh is that of the ordinary water. The Jambu Dvipa is surrounded by Ksira Samudra. The King Priyavrata made his son Agnidhra, the lord of this Dvipa. He gave to his Idhmajibha, the Plaksa Dvipa surrounded by Iksu Sagara; so he gave to Jajhabahu the S'almali Dvipa surrounded by Sura Sagara and he gave the lordship of Kus'a Dvipa to Hiranyareta. Then he gave to his powerful son Ghritapristha the Krauncha Dvipa surrounded by Ksira Samudra and to his son Medhatithi the S'aka Dvipa surrounded by Dadhimanda Sagara. Finally he gave to his Vitihotra, the Puskara Dvipa surrounded by the ordinary water. Thus distributing duly amongst his sons, the separate divisions of the earth, he married his daughter, the youngest Urjasvati to the Bhagavan Us'ana. In the womb of Urjasvati the Bhagavan S'ukracharya had his famous daughter Devayani. O Child! Thus giving the charge of each Dvipa to each of his sons and marrying his daughters to the worthy hands, he took to Viveka (discrimination) and adopted the path of Yoga.
Here ends the Fourth Chapter of the Eighth Book on the narration of the family of Priyavrata in the Maha Puranam, S'ri Mad Devi
Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
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