Shloka 19
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 90 — Pūror Vaṃśa, Kuru-Pravara, and the Janamejaya Line
Genealogical Recitation
तथावसं नन्दने कामरूपी संवत्सराणामयुतं शतानाम् | सहाप्सरोभिविंहरन् पुण्यगन्धान् पश्यन् नगान् पुष्यितांश्चवारुरूपान्,इसी प्रकार मैं नन््दनवनमें इच्छानुसार रूप धारण करके अप्सराओंके साथ विहार करता हुआ दस लाख वर्षोतक रहा। वहाँ मुझे पवित्र गन्ध और मनोहर रूपवाले वृक्ष देखनेको मिले, जो फूलोंसे लदे हुए थे
tathāvasan nandane kāmarūpī saṃvatsarāṇām ayutaṃ śatānām | sahāpsarobhir viharān puṇyagandhān paśyan nagān puṣpitāṃś ca vāru-rūpān ||
Thus dwelling in Nandana, able to assume forms at will, I spent a million years sporting together with the Apsarases. There I beheld mountains and wondrous trees, heavy with blossoms, whose fragrance was pure and auspicious—an image of celestial enjoyment gained through prior merit, yet still bound to the limits of time.
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