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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 ।

प्राचीनामैःग्रैः कुरौशैरासीदास्तृतं 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

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.