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Chapter 3

अध्यायः 3

Amsha IV — Vamsha (Dynasties), Chapter 3

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 1

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.1

अतो मांधातुः पुत्रसंततिर अभिधीयते।।

ato māṃdhātuḥ putrasaṃtatir abhidhīyate||

Therefore, the lineage of Mandhata is mentioned.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 2

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.2

अम्बरीषस्य मांधातुस तनयस्य युवनाश्वः पुत्रो ऽभूत।।

ambarīṣasya māṃdhātus tanayasya yuvanāśvaḥ putro 'bhūt||

Ambareesha's son, the young horse, was born to Mandhata.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 3

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.3

तस्माद धरीतो यतो ऽङ्गिरसो हारीताः।।

tasmād dharīto yato 'ṅgiraso hārītāḥ||

From this, the Haritas are derived from Angiras.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 4

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.4

रसातले च मौनेया नाम गन्धर्वाः षट्कोटिसंख्यास तैर अशेषाणि नागकुलान्य अपहृतप्रधानरत्नाधिपत्यान्य अक्रियन्त।।

rasātale ca mauneyā nāma gandharvāḥ ṣaṭkoṭisaṃkhyās tair aśeṣāṇi nāgakulāny apahṛtapradhānaratnādhipatyāny akriyanta||

In Rasatala, the Gandharvas named Mauneya, numbering six crores, took away all the Nagakulas and their principal gem-lords.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 5

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.5

तैश च गन्धर्ववीर्यावधूतैर उरगेश्वरैर भगवान अशेषदेवेशस्तवश्रवणोन्मीलितोन्निद्रपुण्डरीकनयनो जलशयनो निद्रावसानाद विबुद्धः प्रणिपत्याभिहितः। भगवन्न अप्य अस्माकम एतेभ्यो गन्धर्वेभ्यो भयम उपशमम एष्यतीति आह भगवान अनादिपुरुषः पुरुषोत्तमो यौवनाश्वस्य मांधातुः पुरुकुत्सनामा पुत्रस तम अहम अनुप्रविश्य तान अशेषदुष्टगन्धर्वान उपशमं नयिष्यामि।।

taiś ca gandharvavīryāvadhūtair urageśvarair bhagavān aśeṣadeveśastavaśravaṇonmīlitonnidrapuṇḍarīkanayano jalaśayano nidrāvasānād vibuddhaḥ praṇipatyābhihitaḥ| bhagavann apy asmākam etebhyo gandharvebhyo bhayam upaśamam eṣyatīti āha bhagavān anādipuruṣaḥ puruṣottamo yauvanāśvasya māṃdhātuḥ purukutsanāmā putras tam aham anupraviśya tān aśeṣaduṣṭagandharvān upaśamaṃ nayiṣyāmi||

Thus, the Lord, awakened from his sleep, addressed the Gandharvas, saying that he would bring peace to them from fear.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 6

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.6

इत्य आकर्ण्य भगवते कृतप्रणामाः पुनर नागलोकम आगताः पन्नगपतयो नर्मदां च पुरुकुत्सानयनाय चोदयाम आसुः।।

ity ākarṇya bhagavate kṛtapraṇāmāḥ punar nāgalokam āgatāḥ pannagapatayo narmadāṃ ca purukutsānayanāya codayām āsuḥ||

Thus hearing, the divine beings, having offered their salutations, returned to the serpent realm and urged the serpent kings to bring Purukutsa.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 7

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.7

सा चैनं रसातलं नीतवती।।

sā cainaṃ rasātalaṃ nītavatī||

She took him to the netherworld.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 8

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.8

रसातलगतश चासौ भगवत्तेजसाप्यायितात्मवीर्यः सकलगन्धर्वाञ जघान। पुनश च स्वभवनम आजगाम।।

rasātalagataś cāsau bhagavattejasāpyāyitātmavīryaḥ sakalagandharvāñ jaghāna| punaś ca svabhavanam ājagāma||

He, having descended to the netherworld, with the power of divine energy, defeated all the celestial beings and then returned to his own abode.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 9

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.9

सकलपन्नगपतयश च नर्मदायै वरं ददुः। यस ते ऽनुस्मरणसमवेतं नामग्रहणं करिष्यति न तस्य सर्पविषभयं भविष्यतीति।।

sakalapannagapatayaś ca narmadāyai varaṃ daduḥ| yas te 'nusmaraṇasamavetaṃ nāmagrahaṇaṃ kariṣyati na tasya sarpaviṣabhayaṃ bhaviṣyatīti||

The serpent kings gave boons to the Narmada, saying that whoever remembers her name will not be afraid of snake poison.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 11

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.11

इत्य उच्चार्याहर्निशम अन्धकारप्रवेशे वा न सर्पैर दश्यते न चापि कृतानुस्मरणभुजो विषम अपि भुक्तम उपघाताय भविष्यति।।

ity uccāryāharniśam andhakārapraveśe vā na sarpair daśyate na cāpi kṛtānusmaraṇabhujo viṣam api bhuktam upaghātāya bhaviṣyati||

Thus, reciting this day and night, one will not be bitten by snakes, nor will the poison consumed harm those who remember.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 12

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.12

पुरुकुत्साय च संततिविच्छेदो न भवतो भविष्यतीत्य उरगपतयो वरं ददुः।।

purukutsāya ca saṃtativicchedo na bhavato bhaviṣyatīty uragapatayo varaṃ daduḥ||

To Purukutsa, the serpent lords bestowed the boon that there will be no separation of his descendants in the future.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 13

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.13

पुरुकुत्सो नर्मदायां त्रसदस्युम अजीजनत।।

purukutso narmadāyāṃ trasadasyum ajījanat||

Purukutsa gave birth to a son named Trasadasyu in the Narmada river.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 14

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.14

तस्मात सत्यव्रतो यो ऽसौ त्रिशङ्कुसंज्ञाम अवाप। चण्डालताम उपगतश च।।

tasmāt satyavrato yo 'sau triśaṅkusaṃjñām avāpa| caṇḍālatām upagataś ca||

Therefore, he who is steadfast in truth attained the name of Trishanku, and he also came to be associated with the Chandala.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 15

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.15

द्वादशवार्षिक्याम अनावृष्ट्यां विश्वामित्रकलत्रापत्यपोषणार्थं चाण्डालप्रतिग्रहपरिहरणाय जाह्नवीतीरन्यग्रोधे मृगमांसम अनुदिनं बबन्ध।।

dvādaśavārṣikyām anāvṛṣṭyāṃ viśvāmitrakalatrāpatyapoṣaṇārthaṃ cāṇḍālapratigrahapariharaṇāya jāhnavītīranyagrodhe mṛgamāṃsam anudinaṃ babandha||

During the twelfth year of drought, to support the family of Vishwamitra's wife and to avoid the acceptance of Chandala, he daily hunted deer meat on the banks of the Ganges.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 16

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.16

परितुष्टेन विश्वामित्रेण सशरीरः स्वर्गम आरोपितः।।

parituṣṭena viśvāmitreṇa saśarīraḥ svargam āropitaḥ||

Satisfied with Vishwamitra, he was elevated to heaven with his body.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 17

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.17

त्रिशङ्कोर हरिश्चन्द्रस तस्माद रोहिताश्वस ततश च हरितो हरिताच चञ्चुश चञ्चोर विजयसुदेवौ रुरुको विजयाद रुरुकस्य वृकः।।

triśaṅkor hariścandras tasmād rohitāśvas tataś ca harito haritāc cañcuś cañcor vijayasudevau ruruko vijayād rurukasya vṛkaḥ||

From Trishanku, Hari Chandra was born; from him, the red horse, and then from Harita, and from him, Chanchu, and Chancor, and the divine Vijayasu, and from Ruruka, the wolf was born.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 18

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.18

ततो बाहुर यो ऽसौ हैहयतालजङ्घादिभिर अवजितो ऽन्तर्वत्न्या महिष्या सह वनं विवेश।।

tato bāhur yo 'sau haihayatālajaṅghādibhir avajito 'ntarvatnyā mahiṣyā saha vanaṃ viveśa||

Then, that arm, which was defeated by the Haihayas and others, entered the forest with the queen.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 19

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.19

तस्याश च सपत्न्या गर्भस्तम्भनाय गरो दत्तः।।

tasyāś ca sapatnyā garbhastambhanāya garo dattaḥ||

To her and her co-wife, the boon of holding the fetus was granted.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 20

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.20

त्रसदस्युतः संभूतस ततो ऽनरण्यस तं रावणो दिग्विजये निजघान। अनरण्यस्य पृषदश्वः पृषदश्वस्य हर्यश्वः पुत्रो ऽभवत। ततश च वसुमनास तस्यापि त्रिधन्वा त्रिधन्वनस त्रय्यारुणः।। तेनास्या गर्भः सप्तवर्षाणि जठर एव तस्थौ। स च बाहुर वृद्धभावाद और्वाश्रमसमीपे ममार।।

trasadasyutaḥ saṃbhūtas tato 'naraṇyas taṃ rāvaṇo digvijaye nijaghāna| anaraṇyasya pṛṣadaśvaḥ pṛṣadaśvasya haryaśvaḥ putro 'bhavat| tataś ca vasumanās tasyāpi tridhanvā tridhanvanas trayyāruṇaḥ|| tenāsyā garbhaḥ saptavarṣāṇi jaṭhara eva tasthau| sa ca bāhur vṛddhabhāvād aurvāśramasamīpe mamāra||

From the son of Trasadasyu, then Anaranya was killed by Ravana in his conquest. From Anaranya, Prishadashva was born, and from Prishadashva, the son Haryashva was born. Then, from Vasumanas, there was Tridhanva, and from Tridhanva, Trayyaruna. His womb remained in the belly for seven years. And due to the old age of the arm, he died near the Ashrama of Aurva.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 21

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.21

सा तस्य भार्या चितां कृत्वा तम आरोप्यानुमरणकृतनिश्चयाभूत।।

sā tasya bhāryā citāṃ kṛtvā tam āropyānumaraṇakṛtaniścayābhūt||

She, his wife, having made a pyre for him, was determined to perform the act of his death.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 22

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.22

अथैताम अतीतानागतवर्तमानकालवेदी भगवान और्वः स्वाश्रमान निर्गत्याब्रवीत। अलम अनेनासद्ग्राहेणाखिलभूमण्डलपतिर अतिवीर्यपराक्रमो नैकयज्ञकृद अरातिपक्षक्षयकर्ता तवोदरे चक्रवर्ती तिष्ठति।।

athaitām atītānāgatavartamānakālavedī bhagavān aurvaḥ svāśramān nirgatyābravīt| alam anenāsadgrāheṇākhilabhūmaṇḍalapatir ativīryaparākramo naikayajñakṛd arātipakṣakṣayakartā tavodare cakravartī tiṣṭhati||

Then, the Lord Aurva, knowing the past, present, and future, spoke after leaving his hermitage: 'Enough of this false grasping! The lord of the entire earth, endowed with great valor and prowess, who performs many sacrifices and destroys the enemies, stands in your womb, O Empress.'

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 23

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.23

मैवं मैवं साहसाध्यवसायिनी भवेत्युक्ते च सा तस्माद अनुमरणनिर्बन्धाद विरराम।।

maivaṃ maivaṃ sāhasādhyavasāyinī bhavetyukte ca sā tasmād anumaraṇanirbandhād virarāma||

On hearing this, she replied, 'No, no, it should not be so!' Thus, she refrained from the bondage of death.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 24

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.24

तेनैव भगवता स्वाश्रमम आनीयत। कतिपयदिनाभ्यन्तरे च सहैव तेन गरेणातितेजस्वी बालको जज्ञे। तस्यौर्वो जातकर्मादिक्रियां निष्पाद्य सगर इति नाम चकार।।

tenaiva bhagavatā svāśramam ānīyata| katipayadinābhyantare ca sahaiva tena gareṇātitejasvī bālako jajñe| tasyaurvo jātakarmādikriyāṃ niṣpādya sagara iti nāma cakāra||

By that very Lord, he was brought to his hermitage. Within a few days, a very radiant boy was born to him. After performing the birth rites, he named him Sagara.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 25

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.25

कृतोपनयनं चैनम और्वो वेदशास्त्राण्य अस्त्रं चाग्नेयं भार्गवाख्यम अध्यापयाम आस।।

kṛtopanayanaṃ cainam aurvo vedaśāstrāṇy astraṃ cāgneyaṃ bhārgavākhyam adhyāpayām āsa||

Having performed the sacred thread ceremony, Aurva taught him the Vedic scriptures and the Agneya weapon, known as Bhargava.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 26

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.26

उत्पन्नबुद्धिश च मातरम अपृच्छत। अम्ब कथम अत्र वयं क्व तातो ऽस्माकम इत्य एवमादि पृच्छतस तन्माता सर्वम अवोचत।।

utpannabuddhiś ca mātaram apṛcchat| amba katham atra vayaṃ kva tāto 'smākam ity evamādi pṛcchatas tanmātā sarvam avocat||

The boy, endowed with intelligence, asked his mother, 'O Mother, how did we come here? Where is our father?' In response to such questions, his mother told him everything.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 27

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.27

ततः पितृराज्यहरणामर्षितो हैहयतालजङ्घादिवधाय प्रतिज्ञाम अकरोत। प्रायशश च हैहयाञ जघान।।

tataḥ pitṛrājyaharaṇāmarṣito haihayatālajaṅghādivadhāya pratijñām akarot| prāyaśaś ca haihayāñ jaghāna||

Then, enraged by the usurpation of his father's kingdom, he vowed to kill the Haihayas and others. He mostly killed the Haihayas.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 28

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.28

शकयवनकाम्बोजपारदपह्लवा हन्यमानास तत्कुलगुरुं वसिष्ठं शरणं ययुः।।

śakayavanakāmbojapāradapahlavā hanyamānās tatkulaguruṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ||

The Shakayas, Yavanas, Kambojas, and Paradas, being attacked, took refuge in their family guru, Vasistha.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 29

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.29

अथैतान वसिष्ठो जीवन्मृतकान कृत्वा सगरम आह। वत्सालम एभिर जीवन्मृतकैर अनुमृतैः।।

athaitān vasiṣṭho jīvanmṛtakān kṛtvā sagaram āha| vatsālam ebhir jīvanmṛtakair anumṛtaiḥ||

Then Vasistha, having made them into living corpses, spoke to Sagara: 'These living corpses are like calves.'

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 30

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.30

एते च मयैव त्वत्प्रतिज्ञापरिपालनाय निजधर्मद्विजसङ्गपरित्यागं कारिताः।।

ete ca mayaiva tvatpratijñāparipālanāya nijadharmadvijasaṅgaparityāgaṃ kāritāḥ||

These were indeed made by me for the purpose of fulfilling your promise, having abandoned the association of my own dharma and twice-born.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 31

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.31

स तथेति तद गुरुवचनम अभिनन्द्य तेषां वेषान्यत्वम अकारयत यवनान मुण्डितशिरसो ऽर्धमुण्डाञ छकान प्रलम्बकेशान पारदान पह्लवांश च श्मश्रुधरान निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारान एतान अन्यांश च क्षत्रियांश चकार।।

sa tatheti tad guruvacanam abhinandya teṣāṃ veṣānyatvam akārayat yavanān muṇḍitaśiraso 'rdhamuṇḍāñ chakān pralambakeśān pāradān pahlavāṃś ca śmaśrudharān niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārān etān anyāṃś ca kṣatriyāṃś cakāra||

He, having joyfully accepted the words of the guru, transformed the attire of those Yavanas, who had shaven heads, half-shaved heads, long hair, and were without Vedic study, and made them into Kshatriyas.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 32

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.32

ते च निजधर्मपरित्यागाद ब्राह्मणैश च परित्यक्ता म्लेच्छतां ययुः।।

te ca nijadharmaparityāgād brāhmaṇaiś ca parityaktā mlecchatāṃ yayuḥ||

They, having abandoned their own dharma, were rejected by the Brahmanas and fell into the status of mlecchas.

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Birth of Krishna, conveyed by Vasudeva to Mathura and exchanged with the new-born daughter of Yasoda - Verse 33

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3.33

सगरो ऽपि स्वम अधिष्ठानम आगम्य अस्खलितचक्रः सप्तद्वीपवतीम इमाम उर्वीं प्रशशास।।

sagaro 'pi svam adhiṣṭhānam āgamya askhalitacakraḥ saptadvīpavatīm imām urvīṃ praśaśāsa||

Sagara, having reached his own abode, with an unshaken wheel, ruled over this earth which is endowed with seven islands.

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