{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/db/bk08ch04.htm","path":"hin/db/bk08ch04.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/bk08ch04.htm","text":"THE EIGHTH BOOK\nChapter IV\nOn the narration of the family of Priyavrata\n1-28. The Risi N\u00e2r\u00e2yana said :-- The eldest son of Sv\u00e2yambhuva, Priyavrata served always his father and was very truthful. He married the daughter of the Praj\u00e2pati Vis'va Karm\u00e2, the exceedingly lovely and beautiful Barhismat\u00ee, resembling like him, adorned with modesty, good nature and various other qualifications. He begat ten sons, very spiritual and well qualified and one daughter named \u00dbrjasvat\u00ee. This daughter was the youngest of all. The names of the ten sons are respec-\ntively :-- (1) \u00c2gn\u00eedhra, (2) Idhmajibha, (3) Jaj\u00f1ab\u00e2hu, (4) Mah\u00e2v\u00eera, (5) Rukmas'ukra (Hiranyaret\u00e2), (6) Ghritapristha, (7) Savana, (8) Medh\u00e2tithi, (9) V\u00eetihotra and (10) Kavi. The name \u201cAgni\u201d was attached to each of the above names. Out of these ten, the three sons named Kavi, Savana, and Mah\u00e2v\u00eera were indifferent and dispassionate to the world. In due time, these became extremely free from all desires and they were proficient in \u00c2tmavidy\u00e2 (Self-Knowledge). They were all \u00dbrdharet\u00e2 (of perpetual chastity; who has subdued all their passions) and took gladly to the Paramahamsa Dharma. Priyavrata had by his other wife three sons, named Uttama, T\u00e2masa, and Raivata. These were all widely known; each of them in due time became endowed with great prowess and splendour and became the Lord of one Manvatara. Priyavrata, the son of Sv\u00e2yambhuva, the King-Emperor enjoyed with his sons and relations, this earth for eleven Arvuda years; the wonder was this, that he lived so long and there was seen no decay in his strength as regards his body or his senses. Once on an occasion, the King observed that when the sun appeared on the horizon and got up, one part of the earth was illumined and the remaining part was enveloped in darkness. Seeing this discrepancy, he thought over for a long time and exclaimed, \u201cWhat! Will the Darkness be seen in my kingdom, while I am reigning? This can never be. I will stop this by my Yogic powers.\u201d Thus thinking, the King Priyavrata mounted on a luminous chariot, as big as the Sun, to illumine the whole world and circumambulated round the earth seven times. Whatever portion of the earth was trodden by the wheel on each occasion, became an ocean. Thus the seven oceans had their origins. And the portion of the earth, that was included within the ruts, became the seven islands (Dv\u00eepas). 0 Child! Now hear about the seven Dv\u00eepas and the seven Oceans :-- The first is the Jambu Dv\u00eepa; the second is Plaksa, the third is S'almal\u00ee; the fourth is the Kus'a Dv\u00eepa; the fifth is Krauncha; the sixth is the S'aka Dv\u00eepa; and the seventh is the Puskara Dv\u00eepa. The second Dv\u00eepa Plaksa is twice the first Jambu Dv\u00eepa and so on; each succeeding Dv\u00eepa is twice as large as its previous one. Now hear the names of the oceans. The first ocean is named Ks\u00e2roda (the salt water ocean); the second is Iksurasa (the sugarcane ocean); the third is Sur\u00e2 (the wine ocean), the fourth is Ghritoda (the clarified butter ocean) the fifth is Ks\u00eeroda (the ocean of milk); the sixth is Dadhi Manda (the ocean of curds); and the seventh is that of the ordinary water. The Jambu Dv\u00eepa is surrounded by Ks\u00eera Samudra. The King Priyavrata made his son \u00c2gn\u00eedhra, the lord of this Dv\u00eepa. He gave to his Idhmajibha, the Plaksa Dv\u00eepa surrounded by Iksu S\u00e2gara; so he gave to Jaj\u00f1ab\u00e2hu the S'\u00e2lmal\u00ee Dv\u00eepa surrounded by Sur\u00e2 S\u00e2gara and he\ngave the lordship of Kus'a Dv\u00eepa to Hiranyaret\u00e2. Then he gave to his powerful son Ghritapristha the Krauncha Dv\u00eepa surrounded by Ks\u00eera Samudra and to his son Medh\u00e2tithi the S'\u00e2ka Dv\u00eepa surrounded by Dadhimanda S\u00e2gara. Finally he gave to his V\u00eetihotra, the Puskara Dv\u00eepa surrounded by the ordinary water. Thus distributing duly amongst his sons, the separate divisions of the earth, he married his daughter, the youngest \u00dbrjasvat\u00ee to the Bhagav\u00e2n Us'an\u00e2. In the womb of \u00dbrjasvat\u00ee the Bhagav\u00e2n S'ukr\u00e2ch\u00e2rya had his famous daughter Devay\u00e2n\u00ee. O Child! Thus giving the charge of each Dv\u00eepa to each of his sons and marrying his daughters to the worthy hands, he took to Viveka (discrimination) and adopted the path of Yoga.\nHere ends the Fourth Chapter of the Eighth Book on the narration of the family of Priyavrata in the Mah\u00e2 Pur\u00e2nam, S'r\u00ee Mad Dev\u00ee Bh\u00e2gavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vy\u00e2sa.","title":"The Devi Bhagavatam: The Eighth Book: Chapter 4","type":"page"}