 | Book 6 Chapter 11
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | bhāratasyāsya varṣasya tathā haimavatasya ca
pramāṇam āyuṣaḥ sūta phalaṃ cāpi śubhāśubham
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| 2 | anāgatam atikrāntaṃ vartamānaṃ ca saṃjaya
ācakṣva me vistareṇa harivarṣaṃ tathaiva ca
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| 3 | saṃjaya uvāca
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| 3 | catvāri bhārate varṣe yugāni bharatarṣabha
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca puṣyaṃ ca kuruvardhana
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| 4 | pūrvaṃ kṛtayugaṃ nāma tatas tretāyugaṃ vibho
saṃkṣepād dvāparasyātha tataḥ puṣyaṃ pravartate
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| 5 | catvāri ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ kurusattama
āyuḥsaṃkhyā kṛtayuge saṃkhyātā rājasattama
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| 6 | tathā trīṇi sahasrāṇi tretāyāṃ manujādhipa
dvisahasraṃ dvāpare tu śate tiṣṭhati saṃprati
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| 7 | na pramāṇasthitir hy asti puṣye 'smin bharatarṣabha
garbhasthāś ca mriyante 'tra tathā jātā mriyanti ca
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| 8 | mahābalā mahāsattvāḥ prajāguṇasamanvitāḥ
ajāyanta kṛte rājan munayaḥ sutapodhanāḥ
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| 9 | mahotsāhā mahātmāno dhārmikāḥ satyavādinaḥ
jātāḥ kṛtayuge rājan dhaninaḥ priyadarśanāḥ
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| 10 | āyuṣmanto mahāvīrā dhanurdharavarā yudhi
jāyante kṣatriyāḥ śūrās tretāyāṃ cakravartinaḥ
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| 11 | sarvavarṇā mahārāja jāyante dvāpare sati
mahotsāhā mahāvīryāḥ parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ
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| 12 | tejasālpena saṃyuktāḥ krodhanāḥ puruṣā nṛpa
lubdhāś cānṛtakāś caiva puṣye jāyanti bhārata
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| 13 | īrṣyā mānas tathā krodho māyāsūyā tathaiva ca
puṣye bhavanti martyānāṃ rāgo lobhaś ca bhārata
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| 14 | saṃkṣepo vartate rājan dvāpare 'smin narādhipa
guṇottaraṃ haimavataṃ harivarṣaṃ tataḥ param
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