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TRY OF CULTURE
 
सत्यमेव जयते
 
कृति मंत्रालय
 
GOVERENT OF
 
॥ श्रीः ॥
॥ प्राचीनबर्हिःप्रबोधकथा ॥
 
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THE STORY OF THE ENLIGHTEN-
MENT OF PRACHINABARHIS
 
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बर्हिषत्सुमहाभागो हाविर्धानिः प्रजापतिः ।
क्रियाकाण्डेषु निष्णातो योगेषु च [कुरूद्वह] ॥
 
Barhishat, the very blessed son of
Havirdhana, became king;* he was an
expert in the texts on sacrifices, and also
in the several paths of Yoga.
 
यस्येदं देवयजनमनुयज्ञं वितन्वतः ।
प्राचीनामैः कुरौरासीदास्तृतं वसुधातलम् ॥
 
The whole surface of the earth which
was converted by him, who was perform-
ing sacrifice upon sacrifice, into one
sacrificial hall, was strewn over with the
sacred-grass laid eastward.
 
* Prithu was succeeded by Vijitasva his son, who
had the other name Antardhana. By Nabhasvati,
a wife of his, Antardhana had the son Havirdhana.
Havirdhana had six sons, the eldest of whom was
Barhishat otherwise called Prachinabarhis, one of
the Prajapatis, (primeval progenitors) and always
engrossed in sacrificial rites.