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will duḥṣamā be in the ten Bharatas and Airavatas260 and also duḥṣamāduḥṣama for twenty-one thousand years.
Utsarpiņi (172-185)
The two spokes that are the last and next to the last in avasarpiņi are the first and second in utasarpiņi, having their own powers. At the end of duḥṣamāduḥṣamā in utsarpiņi, there will be five clouds that will rain for seven days each. Among these the first, named Puskara will sow the earth; the second, named Kṣiramegha, will make grain spring up; the third, Ghṛtamegha, will produce oil; the fourth, Amṛtamegha, will make herbs, et cetera. The fifth, Rasamegha, will make liquids of the earth, et cetera. For thirty-five days there will be rain with cool and moist cloudy weather. When they have seen the trees, herbs, vines, creepers, grass, et cetera, the cave-dwellers, delighted, will come out of their caves. They will say: 'The land of Bharata has produced flowers, fruit, et cetera. Henceforth, meat will not be eaten. Whoever eats meat will be ostracized.'
As time passes, so beauty, bodily structure and age, grain, et cetera will increase in Bharata. There will be pleasant winds; the seasons will be merry; animals and men will gradually be free from disease. At the end of duḥṣamā there will be seven founders of families in East Bharata. The first of these will be Vimalavähana; in succession Sudaman, Sangama, Suparśva the fourth, Datta, Sumukha, and Sammuci. Then with recollection of former births, the first of these, Vimalavāhana, will settle villages, cities, et cetera for the sake of a kingdom. He will collect cattle, elephants, horses, et cetera and will make appear the crafts, trade, writing, arithmetic, et cetera. Milk, curd, et cetera, grain, and fire having come forth, he, a benefactor, will teach cooking, et cetera to his subjects.
260 171. In the two and a half continents of the Human World. See II, p. 116.
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