पारावतः पारियात्रः पाण्डरो हरिणः कृशः ॥
विहंगः शरभो मोदः प्रमोदः संहताङ्गदः ॥
ऐरावतकुलाद् एते प्रैविष्टा हव्यवाहनम् ॥
कौरव्यकुलजान् नागाञ् शृणु मे द्विजसत्तम ॥
ऐण्डिलः कुण्डलो मुण्डो वेणिस्कन्धः कुमारकः ॥
बाहुकः शृङ्गवेगश् च धूर्तकः पातपातरौ ॥
धृतराष्ट्रकुले जाताञ् शृणु नागान् यथातथम् ॥
कीर्त्यमानान् मया ब्रह्मन् वातवेगान् विषोल्बणान् ॥
शङ्कुकर्णः पिङ्गलकः कुठारमुखमेचकौ ॥
पूर्णाङ्गदः पूर्णमुखः प्रहसः शकुनिर् हरिः ॥
आमाहठः कोमठकः श्वसनो मानवो वटः ॥
भैरवो मुण्डवेदाङ्गः पिशङ्गश् चोद्रपारगः ॥
ऋषभो वेगवान् नाम पिण्डारकमहाहनू ॥
रक्ताङ्गः सर्वसारङ्गः समृद्धः पाटराक्षसौ ॥
वराहको वारणकः सुमित्रश् चित्रवेदिकः ॥
पराशरस् तरुणको मणिस्कन्धस् तथारुणिः ॥
इति नागा मया ब्रह्मन् कीर्तिताः कीर्तिवर्धनाः ॥
प्राधान्येन बहुत्वात् तु न सर्वे परिकीर्तिताः ॥
pārāvataḥ pāriyātraḥ pāṇḍaro hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||
vihaṃgaḥ śarabho modaḥ pramodaḥ saṃhatāṅgadaḥ ||
airāvatakulād ete praiviṣṭā havyavāhanam ||
kauravyakulajān nāgāñ śṛṇu me dvijasattama ||
aiṇḍilaḥ kuṇḍalo muṇḍo veṇiskandhaḥ kumārakaḥ ||
bāhukaḥ śṛṅgavegaś ca dhūrtakaḥ pātapātarau ||
dhṛtarāṣṭrakule jātāñ śṛṇu nāgān yathātatham ||
kīrtyamānān mayā brahman vātavegān viṣolbaṇān ||
śaṅkukarṇaḥ piṅgalakaḥ kuṭhāramukhamecakau ||
pūrṇāṅgadaḥ pūrṇamukhaḥ prahasaḥ śakunir hariḥ ||
āmāhaṭhaḥ komaṭhakaḥ śvasano mānavo vaṭaḥ ||
bhairavo muṇḍavedāṅgaḥ piśaṅgaś codrapāragaḥ ||
ṛṣabho vegavān nāma piṇḍārakamahāhanū ||
raktāṅgaḥ sarvasāraṅgaḥ samṛddhaḥ pāṭarākṣasau ||
varāhako vāraṇakaḥ sumitraś citravedikaḥ ||
parāśaras taruṇako maṇiskandhas tathāruṇiḥ ||
iti nāgā mayā brahman kīrtitāḥ kīrtivardhanāḥ ||
prādhānyena bahutvāt tu na sarve parikīrtitāḥ ||
'Paravata, Pariyatra, Pandara, Harina, Krisha, Vihamga, Sharabha, Moda, Pramoda, Samhatangada — these of the line of Airavata entered the fire. Hear now, O noblest of the twice-born, the nagas born in the line of Kauravya: Aindila, Kundala, Munda, Veniskandha, Kumaraka, Bahuka, Shringavega, Dhurtaka, and Patapatara [the two]. And hear, as it truly was, the nagas born in the line of Dhritarashtra, proclaimed by me, O brahmin, swift as the wind, filled with venom: Shankukarna, Pingalaka, Kutharamukha, Mechaka, Purnangada, Purnamukha, Prahasa, Shakuni, Hari, Amahatha, Komahaka, Shvasana, Manava, Vata, Bhairava, Mundavedanga, Pishanga, Udraparaga, Rishabha named Vegavan, Pindaraka, Mahahanu, Raktanga, Sarvasaranga, Samriddha, and Pataraksasa [the two], Varahaka, Varanaka, Sumitra, Chitravedika, Parashara, Tarunaka, Maniskandha, and Aruni. Thus have the nagas, O brahmin, been proclaimed by me, they who increase the glory of tradition; they have been named in order of precedence, but because of their multitude not all of them have been proclaimed.'
a1644f1868d4 · published Jul 12, 2026, 3:23:56 PM UTC
Available inRUENPage between verses with
The roll call continues with the lineages of Airavata, Kauravya, and Dhritarashtra. It is notable that some nagas bear names echoing those of men and heroes of the Bharata line — Dhritarashtra, Kauravya; in this way tradition points to a kinship and interweaving of worlds — the serpent world and the human one. Here is a reminder of the unity of all living beings: nagas, though seemingly lowly creatures, have lineages, names, precedence, and glory — just as humans do; and so their slaughter is a genuine evil, not a trifle. Suta again qualifies his words: 'not all of them have been proclaimed' because of their multitude — the measure of the deaths exceeds all counting. Note too that the list is called 'increasing glory' (kīrtivardhana): naming preserves the glory of lineages even in death; thus tradition rescues from total oblivion those whom it could not rescue from the fire. Herein lies the consoling power of scripture: what perished in the flame lives on in the word.