 | Book 12 Chapter 201
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ke pūrvam āsan patayaḥ prajānāṃ bharatarṣabha
ke carṣayo mahābhāgā dikṣu pratyekaśaḥ smṛtāḥ
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | śrūyatāṃ bharataśreṣṭha yan mā tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
prajānāṃ patayo ye sma dikṣu pratyekaśaḥ smṛtāḥ
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| 3 | ekaḥ svayaṃbhūr bhagavān ādyo brahmā sanātanaḥ
brahmaṇaḥ sapta putrā vai mahātmānaḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ
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| 4 | marīcir atryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ
vasiṣṭhaś ca mahābhāgaḥ sadṛśā vai svayaṃbhuvā
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| 5 | sapta brahmāṇa ity eṣa purāṇe niścayo gataḥ
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvān eva prajāpatīn
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| 6 | atrivaṃśasamutpanno brahmayoniḥ sanātanaḥ
prācīnabarhir bhagavāṃs tasmāt prācetaso daśa
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| 7 | daśānāṃ tanayas tv eko dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ
tasya dve nāmanī loke dakṣaḥ ka iti cocyate
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| 8 | marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ putras tasya dve nāmanī śrute
ariṣṭanemir ity ekaṃ kaśyapety aparaṃ viduḥ
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| 9 | aṅgaś caivaurasaḥ śrīmān rājā bhaumaś ca vīryavān
sahasraṃ yaś ca divyānāṃ yugānāṃ paryupāsitā
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| 10 | aryamā caiva bhagavān ye cānye tanayā vibho
ete pradeśāḥ kathitā bhuvanānāṃ prabhāvanāḥ
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| 11 | śaśabindoś ca bhāryāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi daśācyuta
ekaikasyāṃ sahasraṃ tu tanayānām abhūt tadā
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| 12 | evaṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ tasya mahātmanaḥ
putrāṇāṃ na ca te kaṃ cid icchanty anyaṃ prajāpatim
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| 13 | prajām ācakṣate viprāḥ paurāṇīṃ śāśabindavīm
sa vṛṣṇivaṃśaprabhavo mahān vaṃśaḥ prajāpateḥ
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| 14 | ete prajānāṃ patayaḥ samuddiṣṭā yaśasvinaḥ
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi devāṃs tribhuvaneśvarān
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| 15 | bhago 'ṃśaś cāryamā caiva mitro 'tha varuṇas tathā
savitā caiva dhātā ca vivasvāṃś ca mahābalaḥ
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| 16 | pūṣā tvaṣṭā tathaivendro dvādaśo viṣṇur ucyate
ta ete dvādaśādityāḥ kaśyapasyātmasaṃbhavāḥ
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| 17 | nāsatyaś caiva dasraś ca smṛtau dvāv aśvināv api
mārtāṇḍasyātmajāv etāv aṣṭamasya prajāpateḥ
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| 18 | tvaṣṭuś caivātmajaḥ śrīmān viśvarūpo mahāyaśāḥ
ajaikapād ahirbudhnyo virūpākṣo 'tha raivataḥ
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| 19 | haraś ca bahurūpaś ca tryambakaś ca sureśvaraḥ
sāvitraś ca jayantaś ca pinākī cāparājitaḥ
pūrvam eva mahābhāgā vasavo 'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ
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| 20 | eta evaṃvidhā devā manor eva prajāpateḥ
te ca pūrve surāś ceti dvividhāḥ pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ
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| 21 | śīlarūparatās tv anye tathānye siddhasādhyayoḥ
ṛbhavo marutaś caiva devānāṃ coditā gaṇāḥ
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| 22 | evam ete samāmnātā viśvedevās tathāśvinau
ādityāḥ kṣatriyās teṣāṃ viśas tu marutas tathā
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| 23 | aśvinau tu matau śūdrau tapasy ugre samāhitau
smṛtās tv aṅgiraso devā brāhmaṇā iti niścayaḥ
ity etat sarvadevānāṃ cāturvarṇyaṃ prakīrtitam
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| 24 | etān vai prātar utthāya devān yas tu prakīrtayet
svajād anyakṛtāc caiva sarvapāpāt pramucyate
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| 25 | yavakrīto 'tha raibhyaś ca arvāvasuparāvasū
auśijaś caiva kakṣīvān nalaś cāṅgirasaḥ sutāḥ
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| 26 | ṛṣer medhātitheḥ putraḥ kaṇvo barhiṣadas tathā
trailokyabhāvanās tāta prācyāṃ saptarṣayas tathā
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| 27 | unmuco vimucaś caiva svastyātreyaś ca vīryavān
pramucaś cedhmavāhaś ca bhagavāṃś ca dṛḍhavrataḥ
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| 28 | mitrāvaruṇayoḥ putras tathāgastyaḥ pratāpavān
ete brahmarṣayo nityam āśritā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
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| 29 | ruṣadguḥ kavaṣo dhaumyaḥ parivyādhaś ca vīryavān
ekataś ca dvitaś caiva tritaś caiva maharṣayaḥ
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| 30 | atreḥ putraś ca bhagavāṃs tathā sārasvataḥ prabhuḥ
ete nava mahātmānaḥ paścimām āśritā diśam
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| 31 | ātreyaś ca vasiṣṭhaś ca kaśyapaś ca mahān ṛṣiḥ
gautamaḥ sabharadvājo viśvāmitro 'tha kauśikaḥ
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| 32 | tathaiva putro bhagavān ṛcīkasya mahātmanaḥ
jamadagniś ca saptaite udīcīṃ diśam āśritāḥ
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| 33 | ete pratidiśaṃ sarve kīrtitās tigmatejasaḥ
sākṣibhūtā mahātmāno bhuvanānāṃ prabhāvanāḥ
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| 34 | evam ete mahātmānaḥ sthitāḥ pratyekaśo diśaḥ
eteṣāṃ kīrtanaṃ kṛtvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
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| 35 | yasyāṃ yasyāṃ diśi hy ete tāṃ diśaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ svastimāṃś ca gṛhān vrajet
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