Shloka 57

Matsya Purana — Yadu Lineage

Devanagari script

पर्यायेण नु राजाभूद् बलिर्वर्षायुतं पुनः षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि नियुतानि च विंशतिः //

Transliteration

paryāyeṇa nu rājābhūd balirvarṣāyutaṃ punaḥ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi niyutāni ca viṃśatiḥ //

Translation

Then, in due succession, Bali again became king for a term of one varṣāyuta (ten thousand years), together with sixty thousand years, and a further twenty niyutas—vast multitudes of years.

Word by Word

• पर्यायेण (paryāyeṇa): in succession, in due order

• नु (nu): indeed/then (emphatic particle)

• राजा (rājā): king

• अभूत् (abhūt): became/was

• बलिः (baliḥ): Bali (the king named Bali)

• वर्षायुतम् (varṣāyutam): ten thousand years

• पुनः (punaḥ): again

• षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi): sixty

• वर्ष (varṣa): years

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi): thousands

• नियुतानि (niyutāni): niyutas (a very large numerical unit

• च (ca): and

• विंशतिः (viṃśatiḥ): twenty.

Speaker

• Suta (narrator) reporting dynastic chronology within the Matsya Purana

Entities Mentioned

• Bali

Tags

• Dynasties
• Genealogy
• Chronology
• Manvantara
• Puranic Kings

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not describe Pralaya directly; it preserves Purāṇic time-reckoning by stating the immense duration of a king’s reign, reflecting the long cosmological timescales typical of Manvantara-era narratives.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

Indirectly, it situates Bali within a lineage of rulers and emphasizes orderly succession (paryāya), a key ideal of kingship in the Purāṇas—stable transfer of authority and continuity of governance across vast spans of time.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is mentioned in this specific verse; its focus is dynastic chronology and the magnitude of regnal durations.