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Seventh Skandha · Chapter 8

Chapter 8

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Seventh Skandha · Chapter 8

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जनमेजय उवाच - संशयोऽयं महान् ब्रह्मन् वर्तते मम मानसे । ब्रह्मलोकं गतो राजा रेवतीसंयुतः स्वयम् ॥ १ ॥ मया पूर्वं श्रुतं कृत्स्नं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः कथान्तरे । ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मविच्छान्तो ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नुयात् ॥ २ ॥ राजा कथं गतस्तत्र रेवतीसंयुतः स्वयम् । सत्यलोकेऽतिदुष्प्रापे भूर्लोकादिति संशयः ॥ ३ ॥ मृतः स्वर्गमवाप्नोति सर्वशास्त्रेषु निर्णयः । (मानुषेण तु देहेन ब्रह्मलोके गतिः कथम् । ) स्वर्गात्पुनः कथं लोके मानुषे जायते गतिः ॥ ४ ॥ एतन्मे संस्ययं विद्वंश्छेत्तुमर्हसि साम्प्रतम् । यथा राजा गतस्तत्र प्रष्टुकामः प्रजापतिम् ॥ ५ ॥ व्यास उवाच - मेरोस्तु शिखरे राजन् सर्वे लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः । इन्द्रलोको वह्निलोको या च संयमिनी पुरी ॥ ६ ॥ तथैव सत्यलोकश्च कैलासश्च तथा पुनः । वैकुण्ठश्च पुनस्तत्र वैष्णवं पदमुच्यते ॥ ७ ॥ यथार्जुनः शक्रलोके गतः पार्थो धनुर्धरः । पञ्चवर्षाणि कौन्तेयः स्थितस्तत्र सुरालये ॥ ८ ॥ मानुषेणैव देहेन वासवस्य च सन्निधौ । तथैवान्येऽपि भूपालाः ककुत्स्थप्रमुखाः किल ॥ ९ ॥ स्वर्लोकगतयः पश्चाद्दैत्याश्चापि महाबलाः । जित्वेन्द्रसदनं प्राप्य संस्थितास्तत्र कामतः ॥ १० ॥ महाभिषः पुरा राजा ब्रह्मलोकं गतः स्वराट् । आगच्छन्तीं नृपो गङ्गामपश्यच्चातिसुन्दरीम् ॥ ११ ॥ वायुनाम्बरमस्यास्तु दैवादपहृतं नृप । किञ्चिन्नग्ना नृपेणाथ दृष्टा सा सुन्दरी तथा ॥ १२ ॥ स्मितं चकार कामार्तः सा च किञ्चिज्जहास वै । ब्रह्मणा तौ तदा दृष्टौ शप्तौ जातौ वसुन्धराम् ॥ १३ ॥ वैकुण्ठेऽपि सुराः सर्वे पीडिता दैत्यदानवैः । गत्वा हरिं जगन्नाथमस्तुवन्कमलापतिम् ॥ १४ ॥ सन्देहो नात्र कर्तव्यः सर्वथा नृपसत्तम । गम्याः सर्वेऽपि लोकाः स्युर्मानवानां नराधिप ॥ १५ ॥ अवश्यं कृतपुण्यानां तापसानां नराधिप । पुण्यसद्‌भाव एवात्र गमने कारणं नृप ॥ १६ ॥ तथैव यजमानानां यज्ञेन भावितात्मनाम् । जनमेजय उवाच - रेवतो रेवतीं कन्यां गृहीत्वा चारुलोचनाम् ॥ १७ ॥ ब्रह्मलोकं गतः पश्चात्किं कृतं तेने भूभुजा । ब्रह्मणा किं समादिष्टं कस्मै दत्ता सुता पुनः ॥ १८ ॥ तत्सर्वं विस्तराद्‌बह्मन् कथय त्वं ममाधुना । व्यास उवाच - निशामय महीपाल राजा रेवतकः किल ॥ १९ ॥ पुत्र्या वरं परिप्रष्टुं ब्रह्मलोकं गतो यदा । आवर्तमाने गान्धर्वे स्थितो लब्धक्षणः क्षणम् ॥ २० ॥ शृण्वन्नतृप्यद्‌धृष्टात्मा सभायां तु सकन्यकः । समाप्ते तत्र गान्धर्वे प्रणम्य परमेश्वरम् ॥ २१ ॥ दर्शयित्वा सुतां तस्मै स्वाभिप्रायं न्यवेदयत् । राजोवाच - वरं कथय देवेश कन्येयं मम पुत्रिका ॥ २२ ॥ देया कस्मै मया ब्रह्मन् प्रष्टुं त्वां समुपागतः । बहवो राजपुत्रा मे वीक्षिताः कुलसम्भवाः ॥ २३ ॥ कस्मिंश्चिन्मे मनः कामं नोपतिष्ठति चञ्चलम् । तस्मात्त्वां देवदेवेश प्रष्टुमत्रागतोऽस्म्यहम् ॥ २३ ॥ तदाज्ञापय सर्वज्ञ योग्यं राजसुतं वरम् । कुलीनं बलवन्तं च सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम् ॥ २५ ॥ दातारं धर्मशीलं च राजपुत्रं समादिश । व्यास उवाच - तदाकर्ण्य जगत्कर्ता वचनं नृपतेस्तदा ॥ २६ ॥ तमुवाच हसन्वाक्यं दृष्ट्वा कालस्य पर्ययम् । ब्रह्मोवाच - राजपुत्रास्त्वया राजन् वरा ये हृदये कृताः ॥ २७ ॥ ग्रस्ताः कालेन ते सर्वे सपितृपौत्रबान्धवाः । सप्तविंशतिमोऽद्यैव द्वापरस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥ २८ ॥ वंशजास्ते मृताः सर्वे पुरी दैत्यैर्विलुण्ठिता । सोमवंशोद्‌भवस्तत्र राजा राज्यं प्रशास्ति हि ॥ २९ ॥ उग्रसेन इति ख्यातो मथुराधिपतिः किल । ययातिवंशसम्भूतो राजा माथुरमण्डले ॥ ३० ॥ उग्रसेनात्मजः कंसः सुरद्वेषी महाबलः । दैत्यांशः पितरं सोऽपि कारागारं न्यवेशयत् ॥ ३१ ॥ स्वयं राज्यं चकारासौ नृपाणां मदगर्वितः । मेदिनी चातिभारार्ता ब्रह्माणं शरणं गता ॥ ३२ ॥ दुष्टराजन्यसैन्यायां भारेणातिसमाकुला । अंशावतरणं तत्र गदितं सुरसत्तमैः ॥ ३३ ॥ वासुदेवः समुत्पन्नः कृष्णः कमललोचनः । देवक्यां देवरूपिण्यां योऽसौ नारायणो मुनिः ॥ ३४ ॥ तपश्चचार दुःसाध्यं धर्मपुत्रः सनातनः । गङ्गातीरे नरसखः पुण्ये बदरिकाश्रमे ॥ ३५ ॥ सोऽवतीर्णो यदुकुले वासुदेवोऽपि विश्रुतः । तेनासौ निहतः पापः कंसः कृष्णेन सत्तम ॥ ३६ ॥ उग्रसेनाय राज्यं वै दत्तं हत्वा खलं सुतम् । कंसस्य श्वशुरः पापो जरासन्धो महाबलः ॥ ३७ ॥ आगत्य मथुरां क्रोधाच्चकार सङ्गरं मुदा । कृष्णेनासौ जितः संख्ये जरासन्धो महाबलः ॥ ३८ ॥ प्रेषयामास युद्धाय सबलं यवनं ततः । श्रुत्वाऽऽयान्तं महाशूरं ससैन्यं यवनाधिपम् ॥ ३९ ॥ [कृष्णस्तु मथुरां त्यक्त्वा पुरीं द्वारावतीमगात् । प्रभग्नां तां पुरीं कृष्णः शिल्पिभिः सह सङ्गतैः ॥ कारयामास दुर्गाढ्यां हट्टशालाविमण्डिताम् । जीर्णोद्धारं पुरः कृत्वा वासुदेवः प्रतापवान् । उग्रसेनं च राजानं चकार वशवर्तिनम् ॥] यादवान्स्थापयामास द्वारवत्यां यदूत्तमः । वासुदेवस्तु तत्राद्य वर्तते बान्धवैः सह ॥ ४० ॥ तास्याग्रतः स विख्यातो बलदेवो हलायुधः । शेषांशो मुसली वीरो वरोऽस्तु तव सम्मतः ॥ ४१ ॥ सङ्कर्षणाय देह्याशु कन्यां कमललोचनाम् । रेवतीं बलभद्राय विवाहविधिना ततः ॥ ४२ ॥ दत्त्वा पुत्रीं नृपश्रेष्ठ गच्छ त्वं बदरिकाश्रमम् । तपस्तप्तुं सुरारामं पावनं कामदं नृणाम् ॥ ४३ ॥ व्यास उवाच - इति राजा समादिष्टो ब्रह्मणा पद्मयोनिना । जगाम तरसा राजन् द्वारकां कन्ययान्वितः ॥ ४४ ॥ ददौ तां बलदेवाय कन्यां वै शुभलक्षणाम् । ततस्तप्त्वा तपस्तीव्रं नृपतिः कालपर्यये ॥ ४५ ॥ जगाम त्रिदशावासं त्यक्त्वा देहं सरित्तटे । राजोवाच - भगवन्महदाश्चर्यं भवता समुदाहृतम् ॥ ४६ ॥ रेवतस्तु स्थितस्तत्र ब्रह्मलोके सुतार्थतः । युगानां तु गतं तत्र शतमष्टोत्तरं किल ॥ ४७ ॥ कन्या वृद्धा न सञ्जाता राजा वातितरां नु किम् । एतावन्तं तथा कालमायुः पूर्णं तयोः कथम् ॥ ४८ ॥ व्यास उवाच - न जरा क्षुपित्पासा वा न मृत्युर्न भयं पुनः । न तु ग्लानिः प्रभवति ब्रह्मलोके सदानघ ॥ ४९ ॥ मेरुं गतस्य शर्यातेः सन्तती राक्षसैर्हता । गताः कुशस्थलीं त्यक्त्वा भयभीता इतस्ततः ॥ ५० ॥ मनोश्च क्षुवतः पुत्र उत्पन्नो वीर्यवत्तरः । इक्ष्वाकुरिति विख्यातः सूर्यवंशकरस्तु सः ॥ ५१ ॥ वंशार्थं तप आतिष्ठद्देवीं ध्यात्वा निरन्तरम् । नारदस्योपदेशेन प्राप्य दीक्षामनुत्तमाम् ॥ ५२ ॥ तस्य पुत्रशतं राजन्निक्ष्वाकोरिति विश्रुतम् । विकुक्षिः प्रथमस्तेषां बलवीर्यसमन्वितः ॥ ५३ ॥ अयोध्यायां स्थितो राजा इक्ष्वाकुरिति विश्रुतः । शकुनिप्रमुखाः पुत्रा पञ्चाशद्‌बलवत्तराः ॥ ५४ ॥ उत्तरापथदेशस्य रक्षितारः कृताः किल । दक्षिणस्यां तथा राजन्नादिष्टास्तेन ते सुताः ॥ ५५ ॥ चत्वारिंशत्तथाष्टौ च रक्षणार्थं महात्मना । अन्यौ द्वौ संस्थितौ पार्श्वे सेवार्थं तस्य भूपतेः ॥ ५६ ॥

janamejaya uvāca - saṃśayo'yaṃ mahān brahman vartate mama mānase | brahmalokaṃ gato rājā revatīsaṃyutaḥ svayam || 1 || mayā pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ kṛtsnaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ kathāntare | brāhmaṇo brahmavicchānto brahmalokamavāpnuyāt || 2 || rājā kathaṃ gatastatra revatīsaṃyutaḥ svayam | satyaloke'tiduṣprāpe bhūrlokāditi saṃśayaḥ || 3 || mṛtaḥ svargamavāpnoti sarvaśāstreṣu nirṇayaḥ | (mānuṣeṇa tu dehena brahmaloke gatiḥ katham | ) svargātpunaḥ kathaṃ loke mānuṣe jāyate gatiḥ || 4 || etanme saṃsyayaṃ vidvaṃśchettumarhasi sāmpratam | yathā rājā gatastatra praṣṭukāmaḥ prajāpatim || 5 || vyāsa uvāca - merostu śikhare rājan sarve lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | indraloko vahniloko yā ca saṃyaminī purī || 6 || tathaiva satyalokaśca kailāsaśca tathā punaḥ | vaikuṇṭhaśca punastatra vaiṣṇavaṃ padamucyate || 7 || yathārjunaḥ śakraloke gataḥ pārtho dhanurdharaḥ | pañcavarṣāṇi kaunteyaḥ sthitastatra surālaye || 8 || mānuṣeṇaiva dehena vāsavasya ca sannidhau | tathaivānye'pi bhūpālāḥ kakutsthapramukhāḥ kila || 9 || svarlokagatayaḥ paścāddaityāścāpi mahābalāḥ | jitvendrasadanaṃ prāpya saṃsthitāstatra kāmataḥ || 10 || mahābhiṣaḥ purā rājā brahmalokaṃ gataḥ svarāṭ | āgacchantīṃ nṛpo gaṅgāmapaśyaccātisundarīm || 11 || vāyunāmbaramasyāstu daivādapahṛtaṃ nṛpa | kiñcinnagnā nṛpeṇātha dṛṣṭā sā sundarī tathā || 12 || smitaṃ cakāra kāmārtaḥ sā ca kiñcijjahāsa vai | brahmaṇā tau tadā dṛṣṭau śaptau jātau vasundharām || 13 || vaikuṇṭhe'pi surāḥ sarve pīḍitā daityadānavaiḥ | gatvā hariṃ jagannāthamastuvankamalāpatim || 14 || sandeho nātra kartavyaḥ sarvathā nṛpasattama | gamyāḥ sarve'pi lokāḥ syurmānavānāṃ narādhipa || 15 || avaśyaṃ kṛtapuṇyānāṃ tāpasānāṃ narādhipa | puṇyasad‌bhāva evātra gamane kāraṇaṃ nṛpa || 16 || tathaiva yajamānānāṃ yajñena bhāvitātmanām | janamejaya uvāca - revato revatīṃ kanyāṃ gṛhītvā cārulocanām || 17 || brahmalokaṃ gataḥ paścātkiṃ kṛtaṃ tene bhūbhujā | brahmaṇā kiṃ samādiṣṭaṃ kasmai dattā sutā punaḥ || 18 || tatsarvaṃ vistarād‌bahman kathaya tvaṃ mamādhunā | vyāsa uvāca - niśāmaya mahīpāla rājā revatakaḥ kila || 19 || putryā varaṃ paripraṣṭuṃ brahmalokaṃ gato yadā | āvartamāne gāndharve sthito labdhakṣaṇaḥ kṣaṇam || 20 || śṛṇvannatṛpyad‌dhṛṣṭātmā sabhāyāṃ tu sakanyakaḥ | samāpte tatra gāndharve praṇamya parameśvaram || 21 || darśayitvā sutāṃ tasmai svābhiprāyaṃ nyavedayat | rājovāca - varaṃ kathaya deveśa kanyeyaṃ mama putrikā || 22 || deyā kasmai mayā brahman praṣṭuṃ tvāṃ samupāgataḥ | bahavo rājaputrā me vīkṣitāḥ kulasambhavāḥ || 23 || kasmiṃścinme manaḥ kāmaṃ nopatiṣṭhati cañcalam | tasmāttvāṃ devadeveśa praṣṭumatrāgato'smyaham || 23 || tadājñāpaya sarvajña yogyaṃ rājasutaṃ varam | kulīnaṃ balavantaṃ ca sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam || 25 || dātāraṃ dharmaśīlaṃ ca rājaputraṃ samādiśa | vyāsa uvāca - tadākarṇya jagatkartā vacanaṃ nṛpatestadā || 26 || tamuvāca hasanvākyaṃ dṛṣṭvā kālasya paryayam | brahmovāca - rājaputrāstvayā rājan varā ye hṛdaye kṛtāḥ || 27 || grastāḥ kālena te sarve sapitṛpautrabāndhavāḥ | saptaviṃśatimo'dyaiva dvāparastu pravartate || 28 || vaṃśajāste mṛtāḥ sarve purī daityairviluṇṭhitā | somavaṃśod‌bhavastatra rājā rājyaṃ praśāsti hi || 29 || ugrasena iti khyāto mathurādhipatiḥ kila | yayātivaṃśasambhūto rājā māthuramaṇḍale || 30 || ugrasenātmajaḥ kaṃsaḥ suradveṣī mahābalaḥ | daityāṃśaḥ pitaraṃ so'pi kārāgāraṃ nyaveśayat || 31 || svayaṃ rājyaṃ cakārāsau nṛpāṇāṃ madagarvitaḥ | medinī cātibhārārtā brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā || 32 || duṣṭarājanyasainyāyāṃ bhāreṇātisamākulā | aṃśāvataraṇaṃ tatra gaditaṃ surasattamaiḥ || 33 || vāsudevaḥ samutpannaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ kamalalocanaḥ | devakyāṃ devarūpiṇyāṃ yo'sau nārāyaṇo muniḥ || 34 || tapaścacāra duḥsādhyaṃ dharmaputraḥ sanātanaḥ | gaṅgātīre narasakhaḥ puṇye badarikāśrame || 35 || so'vatīrṇo yadukule vāsudevo'pi viśrutaḥ | tenāsau nihataḥ pāpaḥ kaṃsaḥ kṛṣṇena sattama || 36 || ugrasenāya rājyaṃ vai dattaṃ hatvā khalaṃ sutam | kaṃsasya śvaśuraḥ pāpo jarāsandho mahābalaḥ || 37 || āgatya mathurāṃ krodhāccakāra saṅgaraṃ mudā | kṛṣṇenāsau jitaḥ saṃkhye jarāsandho mahābalaḥ || 38 || preṣayāmāsa yuddhāya sabalaṃ yavanaṃ tataḥ | śrutvā''yāntaṃ mahāśūraṃ sasainyaṃ yavanādhipam || 39 || [kṛṣṇastu mathurāṃ tyaktvā purīṃ dvārāvatīmagāt | prabhagnāṃ tāṃ purīṃ kṛṣṇaḥ śilpibhiḥ saha saṅgataiḥ || kārayāmāsa durgāḍhyāṃ haṭṭaśālāvimaṇḍitām | jīrṇoddhāraṃ puraḥ kṛtvā vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | ugrasenaṃ ca rājānaṃ cakāra vaśavartinam ||] yādavānsthāpayāmāsa dvāravatyāṃ yadūttamaḥ | vāsudevastu tatrādya vartate bāndhavaiḥ saha || 40 || tāsyāgrataḥ sa vikhyāto baladevo halāyudhaḥ | śeṣāṃśo musalī vīro varo'stu tava sammataḥ || 41 || saṅkarṣaṇāya dehyāśu kanyāṃ kamalalocanām | revatīṃ balabhadrāya vivāhavidhinā tataḥ || 42 || dattvā putrīṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha gaccha tvaṃ badarikāśramam | tapastaptuṃ surārāmaṃ pāvanaṃ kāmadaṃ nṛṇām || 43 || vyāsa uvāca - iti rājā samādiṣṭo brahmaṇā padmayoninā | jagāma tarasā rājan dvārakāṃ kanyayānvitaḥ || 44 || dadau tāṃ baladevāya kanyāṃ vai śubhalakṣaṇām | tatastaptvā tapastīvraṃ nṛpatiḥ kālaparyaye || 45 || jagāma tridaśāvāsaṃ tyaktvā dehaṃ sarittaṭe | rājovāca - bhagavanmahadāścaryaṃ bhavatā samudāhṛtam || 46 || revatastu sthitastatra brahmaloke sutārthataḥ | yugānāṃ tu gataṃ tatra śatamaṣṭottaraṃ kila || 47 || kanyā vṛddhā na sañjātā rājā vātitarāṃ nu kim | etāvantaṃ tathā kālamāyuḥ pūrṇaṃ tayoḥ katham || 48 || vyāsa uvāca - na jarā kṣupitpāsā vā na mṛtyurna bhayaṃ punaḥ | na tu glāniḥ prabhavati brahmaloke sadānagha || 49 || meruṃ gatasya śaryāteḥ santatī rākṣasairhatā | gatāḥ kuśasthalīṃ tyaktvā bhayabhītā itastataḥ || 50 || manośca kṣuvataḥ putra utpanno vīryavattaraḥ | ikṣvākuriti vikhyātaḥ sūryavaṃśakarastu saḥ || 51 || vaṃśārthaṃ tapa ātiṣṭhaddevīṃ dhyātvā nirantaram | nāradasyopadeśena prāpya dīkṣāmanuttamām || 52 || tasya putraśataṃ rājannikṣvākoriti viśrutam | vikukṣiḥ prathamasteṣāṃ balavīryasamanvitaḥ || 53 || ayodhyāyāṃ sthito rājā ikṣvākuriti viśrutaḥ | śakunipramukhāḥ putrā pañcāśad‌balavattarāḥ || 54 || uttarāpathadeśasya rakṣitāraḥ kṛtāḥ kila | dakṣiṇasyāṃ tathā rājannādiṣṭāstena te sutāḥ || 55 || catvāriṃśattathāṣṭau ca rakṣaṇārthaṃ mahātmanā | anyau dvau saṃsthitau pārśve sevārthaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ || 56 ||

English translation

1-5. Janamejaya said “O Brahmana! The King was a Ksattriya; how could he go himself with his daughter Revati to the Brahmaloka (the abode of Brahma)? I entertain a great doubt on this point. I heard of yore while conversing about matters connected with the Brahmins, that the Brahmin only who was self-restrained and the knower of Brahman could alone go to the Brahmaloka. The Satyaloka is very hard for the worldly people to go; so I doubt how the king could have gone with Revati from the Bhurloka to the Satyaloka. Man, when he discards his body, can go to the Heavens. So is recited in all the S'astras. How then, people, while, in their human bodies can go to the Brahmaloka. So cut asunder my doubts how the King Revata could go to the Brahmaloka to ask the Prajapati on certain matters.”

6-16. Vyasa said “O King! On the top of the mountain Sumeru, are located the Indra's heavens called Amaravati (the abode of the Immortals) the Samyamani city of Yama, the Satyaloka, the Vahniloka, the Kailasa, Vaikuntha the abode of Visnu, and others. The great archer Arjuna, the son of Pritha, went to the Indraloka and spent five years there. In ancient times, the Kings Kakutstha and others went to Indraloka, in their human bodies. Even the powerful Daityas used to conquer the Indraloka and resided there at their will and pleasure. In ancient times, when the sovereign of the earth, the King Mahabhisa went to the Brahmaloka, the most beautiful Ganga also was coming to the Brahmaloka. On the way the King saw Her.

O King! Accidentally at that time her clothings were cast aside by the wind; the King saw her partly in her naked state, and, overpowered with lust, smiled; Ganga also smiled. Seeing the states of them, Brahma instantly cursed them; and they had to come in this world and take their births. All the Devas, when oppressed by the

Danavas, went to Vaikuntha and sang hymns to Hah, the Lord of Kamala. O King! Men can go to all the Lokas; in fact those high- souled men that perform Yajhas or severe asceticism and thus have acquired great merits, those performers of Sacrifices and ascetics surely go to the Heavens. O King! It is only the abundance of good merits that is the only cause of going to Heavens. So you ought not to entertain any doubts on this.”

17-18. Janamejaya said “O Muni! The King Revata went with his daughter Revati to the Brahmaloka; but what did he do when he went there? What did Brahma order him? And to whom did the King betroth his daughter, when ordered by Brahma? O Brahmana! Speak out all these in details to me now.”

19-21. Vyasa said “O King! Hear. When the King went to Brahmaloka to ask about the proper bridegroom of his daughter, there was going on singing and music; so he waited a while to find an opportunity when the assembly would have a leisure; but he was so very pleased with music that he could not desist from hearing it till the end. When the music was finished, the King bowed down to Brahma and shewed him his daughter and informed Him of his intention.”

22-26. The King said “O Deva! This good daughter is mine; now kindly say who will be her bridegroom. O Brahma! To whom shall I betroth this daughter? I have come to you to ask on this point I have searched for many princes and seen also a good many of them and none of them is to my liking and so my mind is not at rest. O Lord of the Devas! Therefore I have come to you. Kindly select one bridegroom for her. He is to be a Kulm (of good family), powerful, religious, liberal, and a prince endowed with all auspicious qualities. This is my prayer.” Vyasa said O King! Brahma, the lotus-born, the

Creator of the world, hearing these words, laughed, thinking that a very long interval had passed away. He then said

27-43. O King! The princes that you thought would become the bridegroom of your daughter, all died; their sons and grandsons and their friends even have all passed away. The twenty-seventh Manvantara of the Dvapara Yuga is now going on; so none of the princes of your family are now existing. The Daityas sacked your city. Now Ugrasena, the King of Mathura, is reigning in that place. He belongs to the illustrious lunar family of Yayati. His son, the powerful Kansa, born of a Danava, began to do injuries always to the Devas; he threw his own father to the prison. Becoming very haughty, he began to govern himself the countries of other kings and began to tyrranise over the subjects. O King. The Earth became so much troubled by the armies of the wicked Demon Kings, that She became quite unable to bear further loads. So She went to seek refuge to Brahma. Brahma and the other Devas then began to say “O Earth! To remove your burden the lotus-eyed Narayana will incarnate Himself as part incarnation in the form of S'ri Krisna. He who is Narayana practised in ancient times, as the son of Dharma, a very severe asceticism, in company with his brother Nara in the sacred hermitage of Badari. Now this very Deva is born in the great family of Yadu in the womb of Devaki by Vasudeva and is now celebrated by the name of Vasudeva. O King! He has slain that vicious wicked Kansa and has installed Ugrasena in his place. The very powerful Jarasandha, the vicious King of Magadha, is the father-in-law of Kansa. On hearing the death of his son-in-law, he became infuriated with rage, came to Mathura, and raged a terrible war. Vasudeva defeated in a battle that Jarasandha, proud of his mighty valour. Though defeated, Jarasandha sent Kalayavana with his host of army to fight again with Krisna. Bhagavan Vasudeva, when he heard that the King of Yavanas arrived, sent away all the members of his family and the Yadavas to Dvarka and began to wait with his brother Balarama for the Yavana King. Then he went alone to the camp of

Yavana and led him away to a mountain cave where was sleeping the King Muchu Kunda and had then the Yavana King slain by Muchukunda. Krisna then went to Dvarka. The city of Dvarka was then a dilapidated condition. Krisna brought together the artists and got built exquisitely the beautiful palaces, forts, and markets and stalls, etc., and so added to the beauty of the place. That Vasudeva, of mighty prowess, thus improving the city, made Ugrasena the King of that place; and Krisna is now waiting there with his friends. His elder brother Baladeva, the carrier of the plough, is celebrated. Thus he with Musala in his hands is a great warrior and the part incarnation of Ananta Deva. He is the fit bridegroom of your daughter. So give your daughter in marriage, without any delay, according to the rules of the marriage ceremony to Sankarsana Balabhadra. After giving your daughter marriage, go to the hermitage of Badari and practise tapasya. That sacred retreat is the (park) recreation ground of the Devas, holy and yielding to human beings the objects of their desires.

44-46. Vyasa said “O King! Thus ordered by the lotus-born Brahma, the King went to Dvarka with his daughter. Reaching there he gave over his all auspicious daughter in marriage to Bala Deva duly according to the rules and regulations. At last, according to Brahma's injunction, he became engaged in severe austerities in the Badarikas'ram and, when the time of death arrived, left off his mortal coil on the banks of the river and went to the world of Gods.”

47-48. Janamejaya said “O Bhagavan! You have uttered one wonderful thing. One hundred and eight Yugas passed away when the King of Revata with his daughter was deeply absorbed in hearing music in the Brahmaloka yet neither the good King nor the daughter did get sufficiently old. How could this be! How could they have lived so long! Were their longevities ordained to be such a long period!”

49-56. Vyasa said “O King! The Brahmaloka is not touched by any vice nor sin; old age, hunger, thirst or fear of death nothing exists there; nor is there any other cause by which weariness comes. So what doubt there can be that the people there will be long-lived, free from old age and death! When the King S'aryati went up to the Heavens, his sons were all destroyed by the Raksasas; those that remained, they, terrified left Kus'asthali and fled on all sides. Vaivasvata Manu sneezed; owing to that, came out of his nose one powerful son; his name was Iksaku. He spread the Solar dynasty and became celebrated. Getting excellent initiation from the Maharsi Narada, he began to meditate the Devi constantly and practised severe tapasya for the spread of his race. O King! Iksaku had one hundred sons; Vikuksi was the eldest; he was powerful and endowed with great strength. Iksaku became king and lived in Ayodhya. He sent his fifty sons, the powerful S'akuni and others to Uttarapatha (Eastern) provinces for governing those countries. That high-souled monarch sent also other eight sons to govern the countries in the South. (Western). O King! He kept the remaining two sons by his side for his own service.”

Here ends the Eighth Chapter of the Seventh Book on the story of the King Revata and the spread of the Solar dynasty in the Mahapuranam S'ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25104, revision 76169 (2016-08-16T23:54:53Z). English is Swami Vijñanananda’s complete 1921–23 public-domain translation, controlled against the archival OCR and its chapter page at https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk07ch08.htm. Historic spelling and transliteration are lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.