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Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 1: श्री पराशरः - इ�ाकु तनयो यो असौ िनिमना��ा स तु सहस्रं व�रं सत्रम् आरेभे ॥ १ ॥ Sri Paraasharar - Ikshvaaku’s son Nimi, started a Satra which goes for 1000 years.
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 2: विस�ं च होतारं वरयामास ॥ २ ॥ He invited Vasishtha to be the hotru for that 1000 year Satra. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 3: तम् आह विस�ः अहम् इ�ेण प� वष� शत यागाथ� प्रथमं वृतः ॥ ३ ॥ Vasishtha said that Indra has already invited me to perform a yaaga which will go for 500 years. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 4: तत् अन�रं च प्रितपा�ताम् आगत� ािप ऋ��क् भिव�ािम इित उ�े स पृिथवी पितः न िकि�त् उ�वान् ॥ ४ ॥ I will come after 500 years, will finish Indra’s yaaga, and then I will perform your yaaga, being a ritwik for your Satra. King Nimi did not say anything, he just kept quiet. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 5: विस�ो अिप अनेन सम����तम् इित अमरपतेः यागम् अकरोत् ॥ ५ ॥ Vasishta thought that he has agreed to what I said, that he will wait for 500 years, and went to Indra’s place and performed his yaaga. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 6: सः अिप तत् काल एव अ�ैः गौतमािदिभः यागम् अकरोत् ॥ ६ ॥ Nimi, meanwhile, invited others like Gautama, and other rishis and started his Satra. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 7: समा�े च अमरपतेः यागे �रमाणो विस�ो िनिम य�ं क�र�ािम इित आजगाम ॥ ७ ॥ As Vasishta had told Nimi, having completed Indra’s yaaga for 500 years, he immediately rushed to Nimi’s yajnya, that he will perform Nimi’s yajnya.* *Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 8: तत् कम� कतृ��ं च गौतम� �ष्�ा �पते स त�ै रा�े माम् अप्र�या�ाय एव तत् अनेन गौतमाय कमा��रं समिप�तं य�ात् त�ात् अयं िवदेहो भिव�ित इित शापं ददौ ॥ ८ ॥ Vasishta comes here and sees that the responsibility to perform that Satra, is with Gautama, who is performing it, and King Nimi was sleeping at that time; that without even informing me, the karma, opportunity to [[88]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 perform this Satra is given to Gautama, without even informing me, and because of this, he will be without a body, he gave a curse. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: तत् कम� इित | कमा��रं कम� अवकाशः | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 9: प्रबु�ः च असौ अवनीपितः अिप प्राह ॥ ९ ॥ When king Nimi woke up, he came to know about this, and says thus - Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 10: य�ात् माम् असंभा�ाजनत एव शयान� शाप उ�ग� असौ दु�गु�ः चकार त� त�ात् त� अिप देहः पित�ित इित प्रितशापं द�ा देहम् अ�जत् ॥ १० ॥ This bad guru, without even talking to me and without my knowledge, when I was sleeping, gave me a curse, and he also cursed Vasishta that his body also will fall, and then he gave up his body. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 11: तत् शापात् च िमत्राव�णयोः तेजिस विस�तेजः प्रिव�म् ॥ ११ ॥ Vasishta’s tejas, his linga shareera entered into Mitra and Varuna’s veerya, because of the shaapa. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: तत् शापात् इित | तेजिस वीय� , विस�तेजः िलंगशरीरं | विस�चेत इित पाठः | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 12: ऊव�शी दश�नात् उद्भूत बीज प्रपातयोः तयोः सकाशात् विस�ो देहम् अपरं लेभे ॥ १२ ॥ When Mitra and Varuna saw Oorvashi, they got excited, and their veerya skalana happened, and because of this, Vasishta got another body, he was born with another body. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 13: िनमेरिप तत् शरीरम् अित मनोहर ग�तैलािदिभः उपसं��यमाणं न एव �ेदािदकं दोषमवाप , स�ो मृतिमव तस्थौ ॥ १३ ॥ Nimi’s body was also protected, with wonderful fragrant oil, and was maintained very well, and it never deteriorated in any way. It was as good as when he was there. The body remained as though he was just dead. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: [[89]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 िनमे�रित | मृत राज देह �स्थितः य�समा� था� अराजक� प�रहाराथा�य च | Why was Nimi’s body protected, is told here. Because it has to remain in a proper state till the yajnya gets completed, and also so that the kingdom will not be without a king. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 14: य�समा�ौ च भाग ग्रहणाय देवान् आगतान् ऋ��ज ऊचुः , यजमानाय वरो दीयताम् इित ॥ १४ ॥ Nimi’s yaaga got over after 1000 years, and after that, in order to receive their havis bhaaga, all the devataas arrived there, and the ritwiks there told the devataas, please do give the yajamaana a boon. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 15: देवैः च छ��तो असौ िनिमः आह ॥ १५ ॥ All the devataas told that you can ask for a boon. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: देवैः इित | छं िदतः प्रचोिदतः | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 16: भगव�ो अ�खल संसार दुः ख ह�ारः ॥ १६ ॥ You are the ones who destroy all the grief of the samsaara. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 17: न िह एता�क् अ�त् दुः खम�� यत् शरीर आ�नोः िवयोगे भवित ॥ १७ ॥ There is no greater grief than losing one’s body, death. When the aatman leaves the body, that is the most sorrowful thing for a person. Everyone dreads marana. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 18: तत् अहम् इ�ािम सकल लोक लोचनेषु व�ुं न पुनः शरीरग्रहणं कतु� इित एवम् उ�ैः देवैः असौ अशेषभूतानां नेत्रेषु अवता�रतः ॥ १८ ॥ I don’t want to take another body, but I want to live in the eyes of all the beings in this world. Then the devaas said let it be so, and he got into the eyes of all the beings. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 19: ततो भूतािन उ�ेष िनमेषं चक्रुः ॥ १९ ॥ From that time onwards, the blinking of the eyes, closing and opening of the eyes, started happening, because Nimi is living in the eyes.
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 20: अपुत्र� च त� भूभुजः शरीरं अराजकभीरवः ते मुनयो अर�ां ममंथुः ॥ २० ॥ Because Nimi was without a son, using his body, the rishis did mathana with arani. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 21: तत्र च कुमारो ज�े ॥ २१ ॥ A boy was born there. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 22: जननात् जनक सं�ां च अवाप ॥ २२ ॥ A boy was just manifested from there, because of rubbing the deha with arani. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: जननात् इित | जननात् आिवभा�व ल�णात् जननात् जनक सं�ाम् अवाप | So he was called Janaka. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 23: अभूत् िवदेहो अ� िपता इित वैदेहः , मथनात् िमिथः इित ॥ २३ ॥ He was called Vaideha because he was son of Videha. They did mathana and he was born, and so he was called Mithi. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: अभूत् इित | एवं वैदेहिमिथ सं�ादयः | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 24: त� उदावसुः पुत्रो अभवत् ॥ २४ ॥ Janaka had a son by name Udaavasu. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 25: उदावसोः न��वध�नः ततः सुकेतुः त�ात् देवरातः ततः च बृहदु�ः त� च महावीय�ः त� अिप सुध्रुितः ॥ २५ ॥ Udaavasu had a son Nandivardhana, his son was Suketu, then Devaraata, then Bruhaduktha; Bruhaduktha had a son Mahaaveerya, and he had a son Sudhruti. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 26: ततः च धृ�केतुः अजायत ॥ २६ ॥ He had a son Dhrushtaketu.
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 27: धृ�केतोः हय��ः त� च म�ः मरोः प्रितकः त�ात् कृतरथः त� देवमीढः त� च िवबुधः िवबुध� महाधृितः त� कृतरातः ततो महारोमा त� �ण�रोमा तत् पुत्रो ह�रोमा ह�रोम्णः सीर�जः अभवत् ॥ २७ ॥ Dhrushtaketu had a son by name Haryashva. His son was Maru. Maru’s son was Pratika. Pratika’s son was Krutaratha. His son was Devameedha. His son was Vibudha. Then Mahaarathi, Krutaraatha and then Mahaaroma. His son was Svarnaroma, his son was Hasvaroma. Hasvaroma’s son was Seeradhvaja.* Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 28: त� पुत्राथ� यजनभुवं कृषतः सीरे सीता दुिहता समु��ा ॥ २८ ॥ He was ploughing on the yajnya bhoomi, in order to have a son, and during that time, Seethaa manifested there. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary: त� इित | सीरे हले | Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 29: सीर�ज� भ्राता सांका� अिधपितः कृश�ज नाम आसीत् ॥ २९ ॥ Seeradhvaja’s brother was Kushadhvaja, who was ruling over Saankaashya nagara. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 30: सीर�ज� अप�ं भानुमान् भानुमतः शतद्यु�ः त� तु शुिचः त�ात् च ऊज�नाम पुत्रो ज�े ॥ ३० ॥ Seeradhvaja’s son was Bhaanumaan. His son was Shatadyumna. He had a son Shuchi. He had a son by name Oorjanaama. *Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 5, Shloka 31: त� अिप शत�जः ततः कृितः कृतेः अ�नः तत् पुत्रः पु�िजत् ततः अ�र�नेिमः त�ात् श्रुतायुः श्रुतायुषः सुपा��ः त�ात् सृ�यः ततः �ेमावी �ेमािवनः अनेनाः त�ात् भौमरथः त� स�रथः त�ात् उपगुः उपगोः उपगु�ः तत् पुत्रः �ागतः त� च �ानंदः त� च �ापनः त�ात् च सुवचा�ः त� च सुपा��ः त� अिप सुभाषः त� सुश्रुतः त�ात् सुश्रुतात् जयः त� पुत्रो िवजयः िवजय� ऋतः ऋतात् सुनयः सुनयात् वीतह�ः त�ात् धृितः धृतेः ब�ला�ः त� पुत्रः कृितः ॥ ३१ ॥ His son was Shatadhvaja, his son was Kruti. Kruti had a son Anjana. His son was Purujit, his son was Arishtanemi. He had a son Shrutaayu, then Supaarshva, then Srunjaya; Srunjaya had a son Kshemaavi, he had a son Anenas, he had a son Bhoumaratha, then Satyaratha, then Upagu, Upagu had a son Upagupta, then Svaagata, then Svaananda, then Svaapana, [[92]] of 249
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Soma Vamsha, Pururavas and Urvashi
Now, the Chapter 6.