Narration of the four Yugas: castes and stages of life - Verse 84
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 31 · Verse 84
Sanskrit Original
लंपाकारान्सकतकान्किरातानां च जातयः। प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान्म्लेच्छानामन्तकृत्प्रभुः।।
laṃpākārānsakatakānkirātānāṃ ca jātayaḥ| pravṛttacakro balavānmlecchānāmantakṛtprabhuḥ||
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.