वेनं धृष्णुं नरिष्यन्तं नाभागेक्ष्वाकुम् एव च ॥
करूषम् अथ शर्यातिं तथैवात्राष्टमीम् इलाम् ॥
पृषध्रनवमान् आहुः क्षत्रधर्मपरायणान् ॥
नाभागारिष्टदशमान् मनोः पुत्रान् महाबलान् ॥
पञ्चाशतं मनोः पुत्रास् तथैवान्ये ऽभवन् क्षितौ ॥
अन्योन्यभेदात् ते सर्वे विनेशुर् इति नः श्रुतम् ॥
पुरूरवास् ततो विद्वान् इलायां समपद्यत ॥
सा वै तस्याभवन् माता पिता चेति हि नः श्रुतम् ॥
त्रयोदश समुद्रस्य द्वीपान् अश्नन् पुरूरवाः ॥
अमानुषैर् वृतः सत्त्वैर् मानुषः सन् महायशाः ॥
विप्रैः स विग्रहं चक्रे वीर्योन्मत्तः पुरूरवाः ॥
जहार च स विप्राणां रत्नान्य् उत्क्रोशताम् अपि ॥
सनत्कुमारस् तं राजन् ब्रह्मलोकाद् उपेत्य ह ॥
अनुदर्शयां ततश् चक्रे प्रत्यगृह्णान् न चाप्य् असौ ॥
ततो महर्षिभिः क्रुद्धैः शप्तः सद्यो व्यनश्यत ॥
लोभान्वितो मदबलान् नष्टसंज्ञो नराधिपः ॥
स हि गन्धर्वलोकस्थ उर्वश्या सहितो विराट् ॥
आनिनाय क्रियार्थे ऽग्नीन् यथावद् विहितांस् त्रिधा ॥
षट् पुत्रा जज्ञिरे ऽथैलाद् आयुर् धीमान् अमावसुः ॥
दृढायुश् च वनायुश् च श्रुतायुश् चोर्वशीसुताः ॥
नहुषं वृद्धशर्माणं रजिं रम्भम् अनेनसम् ॥
स्वर्भानवीसुतान् एतान् आयोः पुत्रान् प्रचक्षते ॥
venaṃ dhṛṣṇuṃ nariṣyantaṃ nābhāgekṣvākum eva ca ||
karūṣam atha śaryātiṃ tathaivātrāṣṭamīm ilām ||
pṛṣadhranavamān āhuḥ kṣatradharmaparāyaṇān ||
nābhāgāriṣṭadaśamān manoḥ putrān mahābalān ||
pañcāśataṃ manoḥ putrās tathaivānye 'bhavan kṣitau ||
anyonyabhedāt te sarve vineśur iti naḥ śrutam ||
purūravās tato vidvān ilāyāṃ samapadyata ||
sā vai tasyābhavan mātā pitā ceti hi naḥ śrutam ||
trayodaśa samudrasya dvīpān aśnan purūravāḥ ||
amānuṣair vṛtaḥ sattvair mānuṣaḥ san mahāyaśāḥ ||
vipraiḥ sa vigrahaṃ cakre vīryonmattaḥ purūravāḥ ||
jahāra ca sa viprāṇāṃ ratnāny utkrośatām api ||
sanatkumāras taṃ rājan brahmalokād upetya ha ||
anudarśayāṃ tataś cakre pratyagṛhṇān na cāpy asau ||
tato maharṣibhiḥ kruddhaiḥ śaptaḥ sadyo vyanaśyata ||
lobhānvito madabalān naṣṭasaṃjño narādhipaḥ ||
sa hi gandharvalokastha urvaśyā sahito virāṭ ||
ānināya kriyārthe 'gnīn yathāvad vihitāṃs tridhā ||
ṣaṭ putrā jajñire 'thailād āyur dhīmān amāvasuḥ ||
dṛḍhāyuś ca vanāyuś ca śrutāyuś corvaśīsutāḥ ||
nahuṣaṃ vṛddhaśarmāṇaṃ rajiṃ rambham anenasam ||
svarbhānavīsutān etān āyoḥ putrān pracakṣate ||
"As sons of Manu, devoted to kshatriya dharma and mighty in strength, they name Vena, Dhrishnu, Narishyanta, Nabhaga, Ikshvaku, Karusha, Sharyati, the eighth -- Ila, then Atri (?), Prishadhra the ninth, Nabhagarishta the tenth. There were fifty sons of Manu and others besides upon the earth; all of them perished through mutual strife -- so we have heard. Then the wise Pururavas was born from Ila; she herself was both mother and father to him -- so we have heard. Pururavas, though a man, surrounded by beings not of this world, of great renown, held thirteen islands of the ocean. Intoxicated with his own might, Pururavas provoked a quarrel with the brahmins and, though they cried out to him, seized their treasures. Sanatkumara, coming from the world of Brahma, O king, sought to admonish him, but he did not heed. Then the king, possessed by greed, his senses lost in the strength of his intoxication, cursed by the enraged great sages, perished at once. That lord, dwelling in the world of the gandharvas together with Urvashi, brought down for the sake of rites the fires duly established in their three kinds. And from Ila -- that is, from Pururavas -- were born six sons: Ayus, the wise Amavasu, Dridhayus, Vanayu, and Shrutayu, sons of Urvashi. Nahusha, Vriddhasharman, Raji, Rambha, and Anenas -- these sons of Svarbhanu's daughter are called the sons of Ayus."
9d2ad6f21941 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 3:37:30 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here the genealogy continues, and a stern lesson about ruin through pride makes itself felt. There is a double warning here. First, the fifty sons of Manu "perished through mutual strife" -- already at the very beginning of the line the theme of fratricide sounds, a theme that will reach its height in the war of the Bharatas; discord among kin is an ancient ruin. Second, Pururavas, "intoxicated with might," provokes a quarrel with the brahmins, seizes their treasures, and, refusing Sanatkumara's counsel, perishes by a curse. A stern law is shown here: insulting brahmins -- seizing a brahmin's property -- and the pride of power bring swift ruin; even a great king, drunk on his own strength and deaf to instruction, perishes. It is telling that neither fame nor dominion over the islands can save him: before a sin against what is sacred, worldly greatness is powerless. Scripture thus quietly teaches that power without humility and reverence for what is spiritual is a road to ruin; and a line that began with strife and pride is destined to pass through many trials of dharma.