Tenth Skandha · Chapter 8
Sourceशौनक उवाच आद्यो मन्वन्तरः प्रोक्तो भवता चायमुत्तमः । अन्येषामुद्भवं ब्रूहि मनूनां दिव्यतेजसाम् ॥ १ ॥ सूत उवाच एवमाद्यस्य चोत्पत्तिं श्रुत्वा स्वायम्भुवस्य हि । अन्येषां क्रमशस्तेषां सम्भूतिं परिपृच्छति ॥ २ ॥ नारदः परमो ज्ञानी देवीतत्त्वार्थकोविदः । नारद उवाच मनूनां मे समाख्याहि सूत्पत्तिं च सनातन ॥ ३ ॥ श्रीनारायण उवाच प्रथमोऽयं मनुः स्वायम्भुव उक्तो महामुने । देव्याराधनतो येन प्राप्तं राज्यमकण्टकम् ॥ ४ ॥ प्रियव्रतोत्तानपादौ मनुपुत्रौ महौजसौ । राज्यपालनकर्तारौ विख्यातौ वसुधातले ॥ ५ ॥ द्वितीयश्च मनुः स्वारोचिष उक्तो मनीषिभिः । प्रियव्रतसुतः श्रीमानप्रमेयपराक्रमः ॥ ६ ॥ स स्वारोचिषनामापि कालिन्दीकूलतो मनुः । निवासं कल्पयामास सर्वसत्त्वप्रियङ्करः ॥ ७ ॥ जीर्णपत्राशनो भूत्वा तपः कर्तुमनुव्रतः । देव्या मूर्तिं मृण्मयीं च पूजयामास भक्तितः ॥ ८ ॥ एवं द्वादश वर्षाणि वनस्थस्य तपस्यतः । देवी प्रादुरभूत्तात सहस्रार्कसमद्युतिः ॥ ९ ॥ ततः प्रसन्ना देवेशी स्तवराजेन सुव्रता । ददौ स्वारोचिषायैव सर्वमन्वन्तराश्रयम् ॥ १० ॥ आधिपत्यं जगद्धात्री तारिणीति प्रथामगात् । एवं स्वारोचिषमनुस्तारिण्याराधनात्ततः ॥ ११ ॥ आधिपत्यं च लेभे स सर्वारातिविवर्जितम् । धर्मं संस्थाप्य विधिवद्राज्यं पुत्रैः समं विभुः ॥ १२ ॥ भुक्त्वा जगाम स्वर्लोकं निजमन्वन्तराश्रयात् । तृतीय उत्तमो नाम प्रियव्रतसुतो मनुः ॥ १३ ॥ गङ्गाकूले तपस्तप्त्वा वाग्भवं सञ्जपन् रहः । वर्षाणि त्रीण्युपवसन् देव्यनुग्रहमाविशत् ॥ १४ ॥ स्तुत्वा देवीं स्तोत्रवरैर्भक्तिभावितमानसः । राज्यं निष्कण्टकं लेभे सन्ततिं चिरकालिकीम् ॥ १५ ॥ राज्योत्थान्यानि सौख्यानि भुक्त्वा धर्मान्युगस्य च । सोऽप्याजगाम पदवीं राजर्षिवरभाविताम् ॥ १६ ॥ चतुर्थस्तामसो नाम प्रियव्रतसुतो मनुः । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले समाराध्य जगन्मयीम् ॥ १७ ॥ महेश्वरीं कामराजकूटजापपरायणः । वासन्ते शारदे काले नवरात्रसपर्यया ॥ १८ ॥ तोषयामास देवेशीं जलजाक्षीमनूपमाम् । तस्याः प्रसादमासाद्य नत्वा स्तोत्रैरनुत्तमैः ॥ १९ ॥ अकण्टकं महद्राज्यं बुभुजे गतसाध्वसः । पुत्रान्वलोद्धताञ्छूरान्दश वीर्यनिकेतनान् ॥ २० ॥ उत्पाद्य निजभार्यायां जगामाम्बरमुत्तमम् । पञ्चमो मनुराख्यातो रैवतस्तामसानुजः ॥ २१ ॥ कालिन्दीकूलमाश्रित्य जजाप कामसंज्ञकम् । बीजं परमवाग्दर्पदायकं साधकाश्रयम् ॥ २२ ॥ एतदाराधनादाप स्वाराज्यर्द्धिमनुत्तमाम् । बलमप्रहतं लोके सर्वसिद्धिविधायकम् ॥ २३ ॥ सन्ततिं चिरकालीनां पुत्रपौत्रमयीं शुभाम् । धर्मान्व्यस्य व्यवस्थाप्य विषयानुपभुज्य च । जगामाप्रतिमः शूरो महेन्द्रालयमुत्तमम् ॥ २४ ॥ इति श्रीमद्देवीभागवते महापुराणेऽष्टादशसाहस्र्यां संहितायां दशमस्कन्धे मनूत्पत्तिवर्णनं नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः ॥ ८ ॥
śaunaka uvāca ādyo manvantaraḥ prokto bhavatā cāyamuttamaḥ | anyeṣāmudbhavaṃ brūhi manūnāṃ divyatejasām || 1 || sūta uvāca evamādyasya cotpattiṃ śrutvā svāyambhuvasya hi | anyeṣāṃ kramaśasteṣāṃ sambhūtiṃ paripṛcchati || 2 || nāradaḥ paramo jñānī devītattvārthakovidaḥ | nārada uvāca manūnāṃ me samākhyāhi sūtpattiṃ ca sanātana || 3 || śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca prathamo'yaṃ manuḥ svāyambhuva ukto mahāmune | devyārādhanato yena prāptaṃ rājyamakaṇṭakam || 4 || priyavratottānapādau manuputrau mahaujasau | rājyapālanakartārau vikhyātau vasudhātale || 5 || dvitīyaśca manuḥ svārociṣa ukto manīṣibhiḥ | priyavratasutaḥ śrīmānaprameyaparākramaḥ || 6 || sa svārociṣanāmāpi kālindīkūlato manuḥ | nivāsaṃ kalpayāmāsa sarvasattvapriyaṅkaraḥ || 7 || jīrṇapatrāśano bhūtvā tapaḥ kartumanuvrataḥ | devyā mūrtiṃ mṛṇmayīṃ ca pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ || 8 || evaṃ dvādaśa varṣāṇi vanasthasya tapasyataḥ | devī prādurabhūttāta sahasrārkasamadyutiḥ || 9 || tataḥ prasannā deveśī stavarājena suvratā | dadau svārociṣāyaiva sarvamanvantarāśrayam || 10 || ādhipatyaṃ jagaddhātrī tāriṇīti prathāmagāt | evaṃ svārociṣamanustāriṇyārādhanāttataḥ || 11 || ādhipatyaṃ ca lebhe sa sarvārātivivarjitam | dharmaṃ saṃsthāpya vidhivadrājyaṃ putraiḥ samaṃ vibhuḥ || 12 || bhuktvā jagāma svarlokaṃ nijamanvantarāśrayāt | tṛtīya uttamo nāma priyavratasuto manuḥ || 13 || gaṅgākūle tapastaptvā vāgbhavaṃ sañjapan rahaḥ | varṣāṇi trīṇyupavasan devyanugrahamāviśat || 14 || stutvā devīṃ stotravarairbhaktibhāvitamānasaḥ | rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ lebhe santatiṃ cirakālikīm || 15 || rājyotthānyāni saukhyāni bhuktvā dharmānyugasya ca | so'pyājagāma padavīṃ rājarṣivarabhāvitām || 16 || caturthastāmaso nāma priyavratasuto manuḥ | narmadādakṣiṇe kūle samārādhya jaganmayīm || 17 || maheśvarīṃ kāmarājakūṭajāpaparāyaṇaḥ | vāsante śārade kāle navarātrasaparyayā || 18 || toṣayāmāsa deveśīṃ jalajākṣīmanūpamām | tasyāḥ prasādamāsādya natvā stotrairanuttamaiḥ || 19 || akaṇṭakaṃ mahadrājyaṃ bubhuje gatasādhvasaḥ | putrānvaloddhatāñchūrāndaśa vīryaniketanān || 20 || utpādya nijabhāryāyāṃ jagāmāmbaramuttamam | pañcamo manurākhyāto raivatastāmasānujaḥ || 21 || kālindīkūlamāśritya jajāpa kāmasaṃjñakam | bījaṃ paramavāgdarpadāyakaṃ sādhakāśrayam || 22 || etadārādhanādāpa svārājyarddhimanuttamām | balamaprahataṃ loke sarvasiddhividhāyakam || 23 || santatiṃ cirakālīnāṃ putrapautramayīṃ śubhām | dharmānvyasya vyavasthāpya viṣayānupabhujya ca | jagāmāpratimaḥ śūro mahendrālayamuttamam || 24 || iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe manūtpattivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ || 8 ||
English translation
1. Saunaka said “O Suta! You have described the beautiful narrative of the first Manu Svayambhuva. Now kindly describe to us the narratives of other highly energetic Deva-like Manus.”
2-3. Suta said “O Risis! The very wise Narada, well versed in the knowledge of S’ri Devi, hearing the glorious character of the first Svayambhuva Manu, became desirous to hear of the other Manus and asked the Eternal Narayana O Deva! Now favour me by reciting the origin and narratives of the other Manus.”
4. Narayana said O Devarsi! I have already spoken to you everything regarding the first Manu. He had worshipped the Devi Bhagavati, and thus he got his foeless kingdom. You know that then.
5-24 Manu had two sons of great prowess, Priyavrata and Uttanapada. They governed their kingdoms with fame. The son of this Priyavrata, of indomitable valour, is known by the wise as the second Svarochisa Manu. Dear to all the beings, this Svarochisa Manu built his hermitage near the banks of the Kalindi (the Jumna) and there making an earthen image of the Devi Bhagavati, worshipped the Devi with devotion, subsisting on dry leaves and thus practised severe austerities. Thus he passed his twelve years in that forest; when, at last, the Devi Bhagavati, resplendent with brilliance of the thousand Suns, became visible to him. She got very much pleased with his devotional stotrams. The Devi, the Saviour of the Devas, and Who was of good vows, granted to him the sovereignty for one Manvantara. Thus the Devi became famous by the name Tarini Jagaddhatri. O Narada! Thus, by worshipping the Devi Tarini, Svarochisa obtained safely the foeless kingdom. Then
establishing the Dharma duly, he enjoyed his kingdonn with his sons; and, when the period of his manvantara expired, he went to the Heavens. Priyavrata's son named Uttama became the third Manu.
On the banks of the Ganges, be practised tapasya and repeated the Vija Mantra of Vagbhava, in a solitary place for three years and became blessed with the favour of the Devi. With rapt devotion he sang hymns wholly to the Devi with his mind full; and, by Her boon, got the foeless kingdom and a continual succession of sons and grandsons. Thus, enjoying the pleasures of his kingdom and the gifts of the Yuga Dharma, got in the end, the excellent place, obtained by the best Rajarsis. A very happy result. Priyavarata's another son named Tamasa became the fourth Manu. He practised austerities and repeated the Kama Vija Mantra, the Spiritual Password of Kama on the southern banks of the Narmada river and worshipped the World Mother. In the spring and in the autumn he observed the nine nights' vow (the Navaratri) and worshipped the excellent lotus eyed Deves'i and pleased Her. On obtaining the Devi's favour, he chanted excellent hymns to Her and made pranams. There he enjoyed the extensive kingdom without any fear from any foe or from any other source of danger. He generated, in the womb of his wife, ten sons, all very powerful and mighty, and then he departed, to the excellent region in the Heavens.
The young brother of Tamasa, Raivata became the Fifth Manu and practised austerities on the banks of the Kalindi (the Jumna) and repeated the Kama Vija Mantra, the spiritual password of Kama, the resort of the Sadhakas, capable to give the highest power of speech and to yield all the Siddhis, and thus he worshipped the Devi. He obtained excellent heavens, indomitable power, unhampered and capable of all success and a continual line of sons, grandsons, etc. Then the unrivalled excellent hero Raivata Manu established the several divisions of Dharma and enjoying all the worldly pleasures, went to the excellent region of Indra.
Here ends the Eighth Chapter of the Tenth Book on the origin of Manu in the Mahapuranam S'ri Mad Devi Bhagavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyasa.
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