Narration of the four Yugas: castes and stages of life - Verse 81
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 31 · Verse 81
Sanskrit Original
वर्णव्यत्यासजाताश्च ये च ताननुजीविनः। उदीच्यान्मध्यदेश्यांश्च पवतीयांस्तथैव च।।
varṇavyatyāsajātāśca ye ca tānanujīvinaḥ| udīcyānmadhyadeśyāṃśca pavatīyāṃstathaiva ca||
Sūta said:: The lord who was strong and who annihilated all the Mlecchas slew these also—People who were born of parents of different castes, those who depended on them, the Udīcyas (Northerners), Madhya Deśyas (Persons of middle lands), Parvatīyas (Mountain-dwellers), Prācyas (Easterners), Pratīcyas (Westerners), those who walk about on the ridges of the Vindhya mountains, Dākṣiṇātyas (Southerners), Draviḍas along with Siṃhalas (Ceylonese), Gāndhāras, Pāradas, Pahlavas, Yavanas, Śakas, Tuṣāras, Barbaras, Cīnas (Chinese), Śūlikas, Daradas, Khaśas, Lampākāras, Katakas and different tribes of Kirātas. The powerful lord wielding the discus slew all these barbarous people.