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(Markandeya-Samasya Parva Continued)
Vaisampayana said, "Having, O great king,
heard from the illustrious Markandeya the history of the attainment of heaven
by the royal sage Indradyumna, Yudhishthira, that bull of the Bharata race,
once more asked that sinless Muni endued with great ascetic merit and long
life, saying, 'Thou knowest, O virtuous one, the entire host of the gods, the
Danavas, and the Rakshasas. Thou art acquainted also with various royal
genealogies and many eternal lines of Rishis! O best of Brahmanas, there is
nothing in this world that thou dost not know! Thou knowest also, O Muni, many
delightful stories about men, Snakes and Rakshasas; about gods, Gandharvas, and
Yakshas, and about Kinnaras and Apsaras! I desire now to hear from thee, O best
of Brahmanas, as to why Kuvalaswa--that unvanquished king of Ikshavaku's race
changed his name, assuming another, viz., Dhundhumara. O thou best of Bhrigu's
line, I desire to know in detail why the name of Kuvalaswa of great
intelligence underwent such a change!'"
Vaisampayana continued, "Thus addressed by
Yudhishthira, the great Muni Markandeya, O Bharata, then began the history of Dhundhumara!"
Markandeya said, 'O royal Yudhishthira, listen to
me, I will tell thee all! The story of Dhundhumara is a moral one. Listen to it
then! Listen now, O king, to the story of how the royal Kuvalaswa of Ikshvaku's
race came to be known as Dhundhumara. O son, O Bharata, there was a celebrated
Rishi of the name of Utanka and, O thou of the Kuru race, Utanka had his
hermitage in a delightful wilderness. And, O great king, the Rishi Utanka
underwent ascetic austerities of the severest kind and the lord Utanka
underwent those penances for numberless years with the object of obtaining the
favours of Vishnu, and gratified with his penances that illustrious Lord
presented himself before Utanka. And beholding the Deity, the Rishi in all
humility began to gratify him with many hymns, and Utanka said, 'O thou of
great effulgence all creatures with the gods, Asuras and human beings, all
things that are mobile or immobile, even Brahma himself, the Vedas, and all
things that are capable of being known, have, O lord, been created by thee! The
firmament is thy head, O god, and the sun and the moon are thy eyes! And, O
Unfading One, the winds are thy breath and fire thy energy! The directions of
the horizon constitute thy arms and the great ocean thy stomach! And, O god,
the hills and mountains constitute thy thigh and the sky thy hips, O slayer of
Madhu! The earth constitutes thy feet, and the plants the bristles on thy body.
And, O lord, Indra and Soma and Agni and Varuna, indeed all the gods, the
Asuras and the great Snakes all wait upon thee with humility, adoring thee with
various hymns! O Lord of the Universe, created things are pervaded by thee. The
great Rishis of high energy and ever plunged in ascetic meditation, always
adore thee. When thou art gratified, the universe is in peace. And when thou
art angry, terror pervadeth every soul. Thou art, O Lord, the great dispeller
of all terrors and thou art the One Supreme Male Being! Thou art the cause of
happiness of both gods and human beings! And, O Lord, by three steps of thine
thou didst cover the three worlds! And it was by thee that the Asuras in the
height of their power were destroyed! It is owing to thy prowess, O God, that
the celestials obtained peace and happiness and, O thou of great effulgence, it
was the anger that destroyed hundred great Daitya chiefs. Thou art the Creator
and destroyer of all creatures in the world. It is by adoring thee that the
gods have obtained happiness. It was thus, O Yudhishthira, that the high-souled
Utanka praised the Lord of the senses. And Vishnu, therefore, said unto Utanka,
'I am gratified with thee. Ask thou the boon that thou desirest.' And Utanka
said, 'This indeed hath, been a great boon to me, in that I have been able to
behold Hari, that eternal Being, that divine Creator, that Lord of the
universe!" Thus addressed Vishnu said, 'I am gratified with this absence
of all desires on thy pail and with thy devotion, O thou best of men! But, O
Brahmanas, O regenerate one, thou shouldst of a certainty accept some boon from
me! Thus requested by Hari to accept a boon Utanka then, O thou best of
Bharatas, with joined hands begged a boon saying, 'O illustrious one, O thou of
eyes like lotus leaves, if thou hast been gratified with me, then let my heart
always rest on virtue, truth, and self-content. And, O Lord, let my heart
always turn to thee in devotion.' And hearing these words of Utanka, the holy
one said, 'O regenerate one, all this shall happen to thee through my grace.
And there will also appear in thee a yoga power endued with which thou shalt
achieve a great thing for the dwellers of Heaven, as also for the triple world.
Even now a great Asura of the name of Dhundhu is undergoing ascetic penances of
fierce austerity with the object of destroying the triple world. Hear now as to
who will slay that Asura. O son, there will appear a king of invincible energy
and great prowess and he will be born in the race of Ikshvaku and will be known
by the name of Vrihadaswa who will have a son of the name of Kuvalaswa endued
with great holiness and self-control and celebrity. And that best of kings will
be furnished with yoga power springing from me and urged and commended by thee,
O regenerate Rishi, that king will be the slayer of the Asura Dhundhu.' And
having said these words unto that Brahmana, Vishnu disappeared there and
then."
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