King Prithu born from the corpse of Vena
I am sure that a whole lot of humans know approximately the great king Prithu or Pruthu or Vainya; son of Vena, who was the first ruler from whom earth obtained her name as Prithvi. He is considered as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In Mahabharata, after Yudhisthira was crowned as the king of Hastinapur, Bhishma prior to his death had referred to King Prithu’s glory to Yudhisthira to alleviate him from mourning over the lifeless Kshatriyas and comply with the righteous religion of a King. let us understand about it in quick.
Yudhisthira asked his Pitamaha Bhishma about the origin of the word ‘King and the reason behind making a King one of a kind who is just like an ordinary human being and people obey him as their Lord. Bhishma spoke back to him that, “In the course of Satya Yuga, there used to be no king, no way of punishment or no humans assigned for the same as well. All the people managed themselves by way of Dharma. After some days they fell into Moha and faced problems in protecting themselves. Therefore, they lost their know-how of righteousness and unrighteousness and acted in opposition to their religion. Greediness, pleasure, Anger took over their minds and as a result, they became materialistic, impolite, and unreligious. They spoiled their Svadhyaya or self-study of Vedas and didn't carry out any Yajnas at all.
Seeing the destruction of Vedas and religion, all of the deities went to Lord Brahma and prayed to him to find a strategy to save their Devatva or divinity that was getting damaged for which they have been emerging much like a normal human being due to no act of sacrifice rituals accomplished by way of those ignorant people. Lord Brahma consoled the deities and for everyone’s welfare, he created an epic Nitishastra consisting of 1,00,000 chapters and elaborated three objects of human life which include Dharma, Artha, and the Kama in detail: referred to as Trivarga or Tri-Varga. Fourth Varga or division is Moksha whose purpose and Gunas are extraordinary than that of these Trivarga. The primal features or Gunas of Rajas, Sattva, Tamas are described in Moksha. Punishment of wrongdoers (Danda) is defined differently according to the varieties of Sthana, Buddhi, and Kshaya which signifies define the placement of wealthy human beings, the expertise of holy human beings, and destruction of Evil ones. After writing the great Granth Lord Brahma then gladly instructed Indra and all different deities that, for the welfare of the whole universe the establishment of Dharma, Artha, the Kama alongside Dandaniti, Sandhi Bheda, and Purusartha (four goals of human life) was elaborated in the Nitishsatra by means of him. Lord Shankara who is additionally called as ‘Vishalaksha’ first established the Shastra composed by way of Lord Brahma and after understanding approximately the reducing lifespan of human beings he summarised the same for all for that reason it was regarded as ‘Visalaksa’. Then, Deity king, Indra received this. At the time while Subrahmanyam Purandara studied the Shastra it consisted of 10000 chapters after which he briefed it to five thousand hence it was known ‘Bahudantaka’. Subsequent Guru Brhaspati made it short to three thousand for which it was considered ‘Brhaspatya’. Later superb and Yogashastra acharya Shukracharya briefed the Nitishastra to one thousand chapters.
Then all of the deities went to Lord Vishnu and asked him to pick one deserving human being out of all for achieving the noble position of the King. Lord Narayana created a mind-born son Viraja to rule the earth. However, he didn't wish to grow to be a king as an alternative desired an ascetic life. After him, his son Krittiman too went on the route of Moksha. Krittiman had a son named Kardama. He also did rigorous penance. Prajapati Kardama’s son Ananga was capable of managing human beings by the passage of time and gained knowledge in sages and Dandaniti. Ananga had a son named Atibala who emerged as an expert in Nitishastra and captured the earth as well however gradually became a slave of his Indriyas or senses. Atibala married Mrityu’s lovely mind-born daughter named Sunita. She gave birth to Vena. Vena began torturing all the people out of getting anger and conceitedness. He went in opposition to Vedic rituals. Consequently, Sages killed him with their spelled Kusa. After that, they churned the right thigh of Vena, out of which a short height, and an ugly guy appeared. He looked like a burning pillar. He had red eyes and black hair. Sages announced to him ‘Nishidha sit! All the impolite Nishadhas (Hunters) who used to live in the wooded area and the Mlech human beings of Vindhya mountain emerged from him simplest.
Then Sages churned the right arm of the corpse, out of which
a divine individual similar to Indra came out of it. That divine character was
wearing a shield, holding a sword, and carrying Dhanush and arrows. He was already
an expert in Veda, Vedantas, and Astrashastra. He attained the skillability of
Dandaniti all by himself. He was no apart from incredible Prithu who appeared in the
eighth generation of Lord Vishnu. He told the sages, “great sages! The Sukshmabuddhi or sharp understanding of Dharma and Artha is now received
through me. Please do let me know how am I able to help you. I can truly fulfill
all of your preferred tasks.” Sages spoke back to him that, “Venanandan! You
carry out all the activities fearlessly as in step with religion. Barring
pleasures, anger, greediness, arrogance, and favoritism you ought to deal with
your humans with justice. At the same time as maintaining the Sanatana dharma
for your thoughts, you punish the sinners by defeating them with your muscle
power. Along with that promise to manage the Brahma (Veda) through your mind,
speech, and activities and rule as consistent with the Dandaniti. Also keep in
mind no longer to punish any Brahmins and protect the complete world from
Varnasankarata and Dharmasankarata.”
Prithu agreed to the sages in a well-mannered way. Shukracharya became his priest. Before Prithu’s birth, two Vandin (Stutipathak) named Suta and Magadha had appeared whom he gladly gifted with Anupa Desh and Magadha respectively. Prithu balanced the uneven Earth at the time when the earth became uneven in Bhavantaras. He uprooted entire rocks with his bow-end and accumulated in one place for which all the mountain grew in peak, weight, and length. Lord Vishnu, Indra along with different deities, sages, Prajapatis and Brahmins crowned Prithu on the position of King. Prithvi goddess herself reached there with gems to serve him. Ocean, Himvana, and Indra blessed him with masses of wealth. Mahameru Mountain offered him golds. Kubera presented him with gold as a lot as required for coping with Dharma, Artha, and Kama. Crores of people, horses, elephants chariots came up there to serve him. In the course of his rule, nobody suffered out of old age, illnesses, and hunger. Nobody feared thieves, snakes, and any individual staying nearby on the grounds since King had made the required arrangements for their safety. There were masses of food without even farming the earth, trees had been stored with sweetness and cows gave plenty of milk. Humans of his kingdom were healthy and they could even live fearlessly in their houses similar to in their farms. Each time King Prithu travelled through the ocean and river, its water used to be frozen and still. His chariot's Dhwaja in no way broke. In his Ashvamedha sacrifice, king Prithu donated four hundred hands a long total of twenty-one number if gold mountain to the Brahmins. He glorified everywhere by setting up Dharma and therefore along with a tremendous number of people it was regarded as ‘Prithvi’. He thrilled (Ranjan) his people thus regarded as ‘King’. He relieved (Tran) everyone from their (Kshat) ache and sorrow, therefore, emerged as the Kshatriya. All of the humans have been connected to him. Lord Vishnu honored King Prithu by saying that nobody on the earth would disobey him. On the time while Prithu did penance, Lord Vishnu himself entered interior his body. He was honored as a Deity.
After explaining approximately the first consecrated king
Prithu, Bhishma then instructed to Yudhisthira that, “throughout that time a
golden lotus appeared at the forehead of Lord Vishnu, out of which Dharma’s wife Shridevi
emerged. From Dharma and Shridevi, Artha got here out and had been established
in the kingdom. After the end of righteousness, a divine person arrives on
earth from Svargaloka and gets born as a king as a learned expert in Dandniti.
He receives all the divinity and know-how from Lord Vishnu only. Likewise,
after getting crowned by the deities nobody dares to disregard him. He rules
the whole earth and no other person can lead him. No matter being just like
humans, he manages his complete country. Lord Brahma has already detailed
Puranas, the appearance of amazing sages, Tirthas, Nakshatras, Brahmacharya, four
Ashramas, sacrifice rituals carried out with the aid of Hota, Ritwijs, four
Varnas, history, Veda, Justice, Tapa, Gyana, nonviolence, truthfulness, serving
elders, giving donations, cleanliness, showing mercy, and so forth in his
Nitishastra. Both Naradeva (king) and Deva (deity) are equivalents.”
Ref: Mahabharata book Shanti Parva
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