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sri-suka uvaca
nimir iksvaku-tanayo
vasistham avrtartvijam
arabhya satram so ‘py aha
sakrena prag vrto ‘smi bhoh
Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: After beginning sacrifices, Maharaja
Nimi, the son of Iksvaku, requested the great sage Vasistha to take the
post of chief priest. At that time, Vasistha replied, “My dear Maharaja
Nimi, I have already accepted the same post in a sacrifice begun by Lord
Indra.
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tam nirvartyagamisyami
tavan mam pratipalaya
tusnim asid grha-patih
so ‘pindrasyakaron makham
“I shall return here after finishing the yajna for Indra. Kindly wait
for me until then.” Maharaja Nimi remained silent, and Vasistha began to
perform the sacrifice for Lord Indra.
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nimis calam idam vidvan
satram arabhatatmavan
rtvigbhir aparais tavan
nagamad yavata guruh
Maharaja Nimi, being a self-realized soul, considered that this life
is flickering. Therefore, instead of waiting long for Vasistha, he began
performing the sacrifice with other priests.
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sisya-vyatikramam viksya
tam nirvartyagato guruh
asapat patatad deho
nimeh pandita-maninah
After completing the sacrificial performance for King Indra, the
spiritual master Vasistha returned and found that his disciple Maharaja
Nimi had disobeyed his instructions. Thus Vasistha cursed him, saying,
“May the material body of Nimi, who considers himself learned,
immediately fall.”
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nimih pratidadau sapam
gurave ‘dharma-vartine
tavapi patatad deho
lobhad dharmam ajanatah
For unnecessarily cursing him when he had committed no offense,
Maharaja Nimi countercursed his spiritual master. “For the sake of
getting contributions from the King of heaven,” he said, “you have lost
your religious intelligence. Therefore I pronounce this curse: your body
also will fall.”
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ity utsasarja svam deham
nimir adhyatma-kovidah
mitra-varunayor jajne
urvasyam prapitamahah
After saying this, Maharaja Nimi, who was expert in the science of
spiritual knowledge, gave up his body. Vasistha, the great-grandfather,
gave up his body also, but through the semen discharged by Mitra and
Varuna when they saw Urvasi, he was born again.
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gandha-vastusu tad-deham
nidhaya muni-sattamah
samapte satra-yage ca
devan ucuh samagatan
During the performance of the yajna, the body relinquished by Maharaja
Nimi was preserved in fragrant substances, and at the end of the Satrayaga
the great saints and brahmanas made the following request to all the
demigods assembled there.
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rajno jivatu deho ‘yam
prasannah prabhavo yadi
tathety ukte nimih praha
ma bhun me deha-bandhanam
“If you are satisfied with this sacrifice and if you are actually able
to do so, kindly bring Maharaja Nimi back to life in this body.” The
demigods said yes to this request by the sages, but Maharaja Nimi said,
“Please do not imprison me again in a material body.”
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yasya yogam na vanchanti
viyoga-bhaya-katarah
bhajanti caranambhojam
munayo hari-medhasah
Maharaja Nimi continued: Mayavadis generally want freedom from
accepting a material body because they fear having to give it up again.
But devotees whose intelligence is always filled with the service of the
Lord are unafraid. Indeed, they take advantage of the body to render
transcendental loving service.
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deham navarurutse ‘ham
duhkha-soka-bhayavaham
sarvatrasya yato mrtyur
matsyanam udake yatha
I do not wish to accept a material body, for such a body is the source
of all distress, lamentation and fear, everywhere in the universe, just
as it is for a fish in the water, which lives always in anxiety because
of fear of death.
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deva ucuh
videha usyatam kamam
locanesu saririnam
unmesana-nimesabhyam
laksito ‘dhyatma-samsthitah
The demigods said: Let Maharaja Nimi live without a material body. Let
him live in a spiritual body as a personal associate of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, and, according to his desire, let him be manifest
or unmanifest to common materially embodied people.
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arajaka-bhayam nrnam
manyamana maharsayah
deham mamanthuh sma nimeh
kumarah samajayata
Thereafter, to save the people from the danger of an unregulated
government, the sages churned Maharaja Nimi’s material body, from which,
as a result, a son was born.
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janmana janakah so ‘bhud
vaidehas tu videhajah
mithilo mathanaj jato
mithila yena nirmita
Because he was born in an unusual way, the son was called Janaka, and
because he was born from the dead body of his father, he was known as
Vaideha. Because he was born from the churning of his father’s material
body, he was known as Mithila, and because he constructed a city as King
Mithila, the city was called Mithila.
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tasmad udavasus tasya
putro ‘bhun nandivardhanah
tatah suketus tasyapi
devarato mahipate
O King Pariksit, from Mithila came a son named Udavasu; from Udavasu,
Nandivardhana; from Nandivardhana, Suketu; and from Suketu, Devarata.
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tasmad brhadrathas tasya
mahaviryah sudhrt-pita
sudhrter dhrstaketur vai
haryasvo ‘tha marus tatah
From Devarata came a son named Brhadratha and from Brhadratha a son
named Mahavirya, who became the father of Sudhrti. The son of Sudhrti was
known as Dhrstaketu, and from Dhrstaketu came Haryasva. From Haryasva
came a son named Maru.
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maroh pratipakas tasmaj
jatah krtaratho yatah
devamidhas tasya putro
visruto ‘tha mahadhrtih
The son of Maru was Pratipaka, and the son of Pratipaka was Krtaratha.
From Krtaratha came Devamidha; from Devamidha, Visruta; and from Visruta,
Mahadhrti.
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krtiratas tatas tasman
maharoma ca tat-sutah
svarnaroma sutas tasya
hrasvaroma vyajayata
From Mahadhrti was born a son named Krtirata, from Krtirata was born
Maharoma, from Maharoma came a son named Svarnaroma, and from Svarnaroma
came Hrasvaroma.
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tatah siradhvajo jajne
yajnartham karsato mahim
sita siragrato jata
tasmat siradhvajah smrtah
From Hrasvaroma came a son named Siradhvaja [also called Janaka]. When
Siradhvaja was plowing a field, from the front of his plow [sira]
appeared a daughter named Sitadevi, who later became the wife of Lord
Ramacandra. Thus he was known as Siradhvaja.
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kusadhvajas tasya putras
tato dharmadhvajo nrpah
dharmadhvajasya dvau putrau
krtadhvaja-mitadhvajau
The son of Siradhvaja was Kusadhvaja, and the son of Kusadhvaja was
King Dharmadhvaja, who had two sons, namely Krtadhvaja and Mitadhvaja.
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krtadhvajat kesidhvajah
khandikyas tu mitadhvajat
krtadhvaja-suto rajann
atma-vidya-visaradah
khandikyah karma-tattva-jno
bhitah kesidhvajad drutah
bhanumams tasya putro ‘bhuc
chatadyumnas tu tat-sutah
O Maharaja Pariksit, the son of Krtadhvaja was Kesidhvaja, and the son
of Mitadhvaja was Khandikya. The son of Krtadhvaja was expert in
spiritual knowledge, and the son of Mitadhvaja was expert in Vedic
ritualistic ceremonies. Khandikya fled in fear of Kesidhvaja. The son of
Kesidhvaja was Bhanuman, and the son of Bhanuman was Satadyumna.
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sucis tu tanayas tasmat
sanadvajah suto ‘bhavat
urjaketuh sanadvajad
ajo ‘tha purujit sutah
The son of Satadyumna was named Suci. From Suci, Sanadvaja was born,
and from Sanadvaja came a son named Urjaketu. The son of Urjaketu was
Aja, and the son of Aja was Purujit.
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aristanemis tasyapi
srutayus tat suparsvakah
tatas citraratho yasya
ksemadhir mithiladhipah
The son of Purujit was Aristanemi, and his son was Srutayu. Srutayu
begot a son named Suparsvaka, and Suparsvaka begot Citraratha. The son of
Citraratha was Ksemadhi, who became the king of Mithila.
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tasmat samarathas tasya
sutah satyarathas tatah
asid upagurus tasmad
upagupto ‘gni-sambhavah
The son of Ksemadhi was Samaratha, and his son was Satyaratha. The son
of Satyaratha was Upaguru, and the son of Upaguru was Upagupta, a partial
expansion of the fire-god.
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vasvananto ‘tha tat-putro
yuyudho yat subhasanah
srutas tato jayas tasmad
vijayo ‘smad rtah sutah
The son of Upagupta was Vasvananta, the son of Vasvananta was Yuyudha,
the son of Yuyudha was Subhasana, and the son of Subhasana was Sruta. The
son of Sruta was Jaya, from whom there came Vijaya. The son of Vijaya was
Rta.
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sunakas tat-suto jajne
vitahavyo dhrtis tatah
bahulasvo dhrtes tasya
krtir asya mahavasi
The son of Rta was Sunaka, the son of Sunaka was Vitahavya, the son of
Vitahavya was Dhrti, and the son of Dhrti was Bahulasva. The son of
Bahulasva was Krti, and his son was Mahavasi.
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ete vai maithila rajann
atma-vidya-visaradah
yogesvara-prasadena
dvandvair mukta grhesv api
Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King Pariksit, all the kings of the
dynasty of Mithila were completely in knowledge of their spiritual
identity. Therefore, even though staying at home, they were liberated
from the duality of material existence.
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