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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 अयं च त� �ोकः पृिथ�ां गीयते ॥ १२ ॥ There is a shloka sung in respect of Shantanu. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 13: यंयं करा�ां �ृशित जीण� यौवनमेित सः | शा��ं च आ�ोित येना�ां कम�णा तेन श�नुः ॥ १३ ॥ Shantanu was so famous that this shloka is being sung in respect of him. Whomever Shantanu touches with his hands, if he is old also, he will become young. That was his power. He gets utmost peace and tranquility, and because of that, he was called Shantanu. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 14: त� च श�नो रा�े �ादश वषा�िण देवो न ववष� ॥ १४ ॥ For twelve years, there were no rains in Shantanu’s country. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 15: ततः च अशेष रा� िवनाशम् अवे� असौ राजा ब्रा�णान् अपृ�त् क�ात् अ�ाकं रा�े देवो न वष�ित को मम अपराधः इित ॥ १५ ॥ The gods are not bringing rains to my country, and the country was in a lot of trouble because there was no water, there was famine. He called all the Brahmins and asked them - what is my aparaadha, what wrong did I do? Why are the gods not bringing rains to my country? Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 16: ततः च तम् ऊचुः ब्रा�णाः ॥ १६ ॥ Then the Brahmins told him thus. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 17: अग्रज� ते हीयम् अविनः �या संभु�ते अतः प�रवे�ा �म् इित उ�ः स राजा पुनः तान् अपृ�त् ॥ १७ ॥ This country belongs to your elder brother, but you are actually ruling this country. That is why you are called Parivettaa. When the elder brother is there, if the younger brother becomes king, he is called a Parivettaa. When they told him thus, he enquired further. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 18: िकं मया अत्र िवधेयम् इित ॥ १८ ॥ What am I supposed to do now? Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 19: ततः ते पुनः अिप ऊचुः ॥ १९ ॥ [[208]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 Then they tell him thus. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 20: यावत् देवािपः न पतनािदिभः दोषैः अिभभूयते तावत् एतत् त�ाह� रा�म् ॥ २० ॥ As long as your elder brother Devaapi does not fall from the path of righteousness, this land belongs to him. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 21: तत् अलम् एतेन तु त�ै दीयताम् इित उ�े त� म��प्रवरेण अ�ारािवणा तत्र अर�े तप��नो वेद वाद िवरोध व�ारः प्रयु�ाः ॥ २१ ॥ You have to give this country to him. He is the proper ruler. When the Brahmins told like this, Shantanu’s minister Ashmaraavi, sent some tapasvis into the forest, who were arguing everything against what is told in the Vedaas, in the wrong way. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 22: तैः अ� अिप अितऋजुमतेः महीपितपुत्र� बु��ः वेदवाद िवरोध मागा�नुसा�रिण अिक्रयत ॥ २२ ॥ Because of their companionship, he also started to tell things against the Vedaas, against the Shrutis. Devaapi was also in their company. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 23: राजा च श�नुः ि�जवचन उ�� प�रदेवन शोक�ान् ब्रा�णान् अग्रतः कृ�ा अग्रज� प्रदानाय अर�ं जगाम ॥ २३ ॥ In the meanwhile, King Shantanu felt very bad that he is doing a wrong thing, and he took those Brahmins and went to the forest, in order to give the kingdom to his elder brother Devaapi. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 24: तदा आश्रमम् उपगताः च तम् अवनतम् अवनीपितपुत्रं देवािपम् उपतस्थुः ॥ २४ ॥ They went to the aashrama and met Devaapi. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 25: ते ब्रा�णा वेदवाद अनुब��िन वचांिस रा�म् अग्रजेन कत��म् इित अथ�व�� तम् ऊचुः ॥ २५ ॥ The Brahmins, whom he had taken along with him, went and argued that only the eldest son should rule the country, as the kingdom belongs to him. They started a discussion on that and started to explain what is t old in the shaastraas. The elder son only is eligible to rule the country. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 26: [[209]] of 249
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www.sadagopan.orgSri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4 The king of Manipura, his daughter, through whom, he had taken a vow of Putrikaa Dharma. Through that, he ( Arjuna) had a son by name Babhruvaahana. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary मिणपुर पित इित | पुित्रका धम�ण * अ�ां यो जायते पुत्रः सः मे पुत्रो भिव�ित * इित प�रभािषत दानेन | The son who is born through her will become my son. This is called Putrikaa Dharma. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 51: सुभद्रायां च अभ�क�े अिप यः असौ अितबल पराक्रमः सम� आराितरथतेजा सः अिभम�ुः अजायत ॥ ५१ ॥ In Subhadraa, he had Abhimanyu, who was extremely valiant, strong and powerful when he was very small itself. He used to win over all the enemies. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 52: अिभम�ोः उ�रायां प�र�ीणेषु कु�षु अ��ाम प्रयु� ब्र�ा�ेण गभ� एव भ�ीकृतो भगवतः सकल सुर असुर व��त चरणयुगल� आ� इ�या कारण मानुष �प धा�रणः अनुभावात् पुनज�िवतम् अवा� परीि�त् ज�े ॥ ५२ ॥ Abhimanyu had son Pareekshit through Uttaraa. When all the Kurus were destroyed, the Brahmaastra was used by Ashvatthaama, and Uttaraa’s garbha was burnt. Then with the grace of Lord Krishna, through His own sankalpa, Who is prayed to by all the sura, and asuraas, Who had incarnated as a human, Sri Krishna, through His powers, Pareekshit was brought back to life, by Sri Krishna. Sri Vishnu Puraana, Amsha 4, Chapter 20, Shloka 53: यः अयं सांप्रतं एतत् भूम�लम् अख��त आयित धम�ण पालयित इित ॥ ५३ ॥ Now, he is ruling over this entire earth, as an eka chakraadhipati. Sri Engal Aalwaan’s Commentary य इित | आयितः धनागमः | This concludes Chapter 20 of Amsha 4. ॥ इित श्री िव�ु पुराणे चतुथ� अंशे िवंशो अ�ायः ॥* ** ॥ इित श्री िवष्नु महा पुराण �ा�ाने श्री िव�ु िच�ीये चतुथ� अंशे िवंशो अ�ायः ॥ *
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Future kings after Pareekshit
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