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Mahabharat

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चरन्ती हरिणैः सार्धं मृगीव वनचारिणी । चचार विपुलं धर्मं ब्रह्मचर्येण संवृता॥५-११८- ११॥

Moving with the deer, like a doe roaming the forest, she practiced expansive dharma, guarded by brahmacarya—the discipline of celibate restraint.

english translation

ययातिरपि पूर्वेषां राज्ञां वृत्तमनुष्ठितः । बहुवर्षसहस्रायुरयुजत्कालधर्मणा॥५-११८- १२॥

Yayāti too followed the established conduct of the earlier kings; though he lived for many thousands of years, he ultimately conformed to the law of Time—mortality.

english translation

पूरुर्यदुश्च द्वौ वंशौ वर्धमानौ नरोत्तमौ । ताभ्यां प्रतिष्ठितो लोके परलोके च नाहुषः॥५-११८- १३॥

Pūru and Yadu—two lineages—grew and flourished as the foremost among men; through them, Nāhuṣa became established both in this world and in the world beyond.

english translation

महीयते नरपतिर्ययातिः स्वर्गमास्थितः । महर्षिकल्पो नृपतिः स्वर्गाग्र्यफलभुग्विभुः॥५-११८- १४॥

King Yayāti is honored, having attained heaven; that sovereign, comparable to a great ṛṣi, enjoyed the foremost fruits of heaven, mighty in splendor.

english translation

बहुवर्षसहस्राख्ये काले बहुगुणे गते । राजर्षिषु निषण्णेषु महीयःसु महर्षिषु॥५-११८- १५॥

After a long span of time, reckoned in many thousands of years, had passed—when royal seers were seated among the eminent great sages,

english translation