80 - The Savarnaka Manv-antara. 

Markandeya names the rishis, gods and kings of that period. Kraushtuki** spoke:

** For Kroshtukir read Kraushtukir. 

1 Thou hast told me†† about these seven Manus, Svayambhuva and the rest, the gods, the kings and munis which ruled in

†† Tvaya would be better than maya; the Bombay reading moma is preferable.

2 their periods. Tell me, O great rauni, of the seven other Manus which shall follow in this kalpa, and the gods and 

other rulers, whoever they may be, who shall characterize their periods. 

Markandeya spoke:

3 I have told thee about Savarni also who was the son of the Shadow-Sanjna; equal to his eldest brother Manu, he shall

4 be the eighth Manu. Rama,* Vyasa and Galava,† Dipti-mat,†† and Kripa,§ Rishyashringa,|| and Droni¶  were** the seven rishis †† of that period. 

* Jamadagnya. 

† The name of a son of Vishva-mitra, and a famons rishi; see M.-Bh., Annshas.-P. iv. 249-59; Hari-V. xxvii. 1460-63, xxxii. 1767-76, and xii. 724-9. A story of him is told in cantos xx and xxi ante; and a long story in M.—Bh., Udyoga—P. ov. and cxiii-cxviii. He is also referred to in Shanti—P. cclxxxiz; 

but tlie Galava mentioned in Hari-V. xx. 1047-50 belonged to a later period and was probably a descendant. 

†† I have not met with this name elsewhere as the name of a, rishi, nor is it as such in the dictionary. 

§ The name of one of Dhrita-rashtra’a conncillors, a well-known figure in the Maha-Bharata. He was sou or descendant of Sarad-vat.

|| The name of a famous rishi, who was brought up in seclusion in a forest: he put an end to a long drought in Anga daring king Loma-pada’a reign, and by sacrifice obtained four sons for king Dasha-ratha of Ayodhya; see Ramay,, Adi-K. viii. 7—ix. 69; x-xiv and xvii and xviii; M.-Bh., Vana-P. ex. 9991—cxiii. 10094; Sh’anti-P. ccxxxiv. 8609; and Anushas.-P. cxxxvii. 6269.

¶ This is not the name of any rishi, and the name should apparently be Drona or his son Drauni Ashvatthaman. Both are leading figures in the Maha—Bharata. 

** Ahhavan; the past for the future. 

†† All these names are the names of past rishis, and this manv-antara the Savarnika, is still future; see canto liii. verses 7 and 8. 

5 And the Suta-pas and Amitabhas and Mukhyas shall be the gods in three divisions; and each group of these three is said †††† to be composed of twenty, and to have the three 

†††† For kathitas read kathitas? 

6 good qualities. Tapa and Tapas,§§ and Shakra, Dyuti, Jyotis, Prabha-kara, Prabhasa, Dayita, Gharma, Tejas, Rasmi,||||

§§ Tapas tapash ch’a; the two words must be different, it seems; and tapas neuter, is supported by the following jyotis, neuter. 

|| || Or Tejo-rashmi, as one name.

7 Vakratu, and so forth are the Suta-pas, the twenty-fold group of gods. Prabhu, Vibhu, Vibhasa and others are like-

8 wise another group of twenty. Hear also from me the third group of Amita gods; Dama, Danta, Rita, Soma, and Vinta

9 and the rest are the group of twenty. And these shall be celebrated as Mnkhya* gods, rulers of the manv-antara they are verily the sons of Marich’a and of the Praja-pati

* “Principal,” “chief.”

10 Kashyapa, and they shall be in the future during Savarna Manu’s period. Now the lord of them, O muni, shall be Bali

11 Vairoch’ani, the Daitya who dwells in Patala at present, bound by a compact. † 

†Samaya-bandhanah; or “bound for a season.”

And Virajas, and Arvavira, Nirmoha, Satya-vach’, Kriti, Vishnu and others, the sons of Savarna Manu, shall be king’s.