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