Kadru
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Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.1.16.1299 | Named Kadru and Vinata, they became the wives of Kasyapa. |
Mbh.1.16.1302 | Kadru wished to have for sons a thousand snakes all of equal splendour. |
Mbh.1.16.1303 | And Vinata wished to bring forth two sons surpassing the thousand offsprings of Kadru in strength, energy, size of body, and prowess. |
Mbh.1.16.1304 | Unto Kadru her lord gave that boon about a multitude of offspring. |
Mbh.1.16.1308 | Kadru also obtained her thousand sons of equal splendour. |
Mbh.1.16.1310 | Sauti continued, O best of regenerate ones, after a long time, Kadru brought forth a thousand eggs, and Vinata two. |
Mbh.1.16.1312 | Five hundred years passed away, and the thousand eggs produced by Kadru burst and out came the progeny. |
Mbh.1.20.1437 | It was this horse about which Kadru asked Vinata, saying, Tell me, amiable sister, without taking much time, of what colour Uchchaishravas is' |
Mbh.1.20.1442 | Kadru replied, then, O thou of sweet smiles. |
Mbh.1.20.1446 | And Kadru, bent upon practising a deception, ordered her thousand sons to transform themselves into black hair and speedily cover the horse's tail in order that she might not become a slave. |
Mbh.1.20.1448 | And the Grandsire Brahman himself heard this exceedingly cruel curse pronounced by Kadru, impelled by the fates. |
Mbh.1.20.1449 | And seeing that the snakes had multiplied exceedingly, the Grandsire, moved by kind consideration for his creatures, sanctioned with all the gods this curse of Kadru. |
Mbh.1.21.1458 | Then when the night had passed away and the sun had risen in the morning, O thou whose wealth is asceticism, the two sisters Kadru and Vinata, having laid a wager about slavery, went with haste and impatience to view the steed Uchchaishravas from a near point. |
Mbh.1.22.1481 | And having laid the wager, O best of Brahmanas, the two sisters Kadru and Vinata, the daughters of Daksha, proceeded in great delight along the sky to see the other side of the Ocean. |
Mbh.1.23.1485 | SECTION XXIII Astika Parva continued Sauti said, Having crossed the Ocean, Kadru of swift speed, accompanied by Vinata, soon alighted near the horse. |
Mbh.1.23.1487 | And observing many black hairs in the tail, Kadru put Vinata, who was deeply dejected, into slavery. |
Mbh.1.25.1559 | Once Kadru calling Vinata who had prostrated herself before the former, addressed her these words in the presence of her son, O gentle Vinata, there is in the midst of the ocean, in a remote quarter, a delightful and fair region inhabited by the Nagas. |
Mbh.1.25.1565 | And Kadru seeing her sons in that state prayed to Indra, saying, I bow to thee, thou Lord of all the gods! |
Mbh.1.26.1596 | SECTION XXVI Astika Parva continued Sauti said, And then Indra, the king of gods, having the best of horses for his bearer, thus adored by Kadru, covered the entire firmament with masses of blue clouds. |
Mbh.1.27.1623 | And, echoing with the notes of various birds, it delighted greatly the sons of Kadru. |
Mbh.1.34.1934 | Sauti continued, Then Garuda, recollecting the sons of Kadru and remembering also the bondage of his mother caused by an act of deception owing to the well-known reason viz, the curse of Aruna, said, Although I have power over all creatures, yet I shall do your bidding. |
Mbh.1.35.1958 | Thou hast also told us about the bestowal of boons, by their husband, on Kadru and Vinata. |
Mbh.1.37.2027 | Sauti continued, Thus addressed all the offspring of Kadru assembled together, and, wise in counsels, submitted their opinions to one another. |
Mbh.1.38.2071 | The gods said, O Grandsire, thou god of gods who else than the cruel Kadru could thus, after getting such dear children, curse them so, even in thy presence? |
Mbh.1.38.2076 | From desire of the good of my creatures, I did not prevent Kadru then. |
Mbh.1.54.2688 | Then Jaratkaru, the sister of the king of the snakes, herself unmoved by the general distress, and even desirous of the welfare of her relatives, said unto him, O son, it is said that the mother of all the snakes is Kadru. |
Mbh.1.65.3262 | The daughters of Daksha are, O tiger among men and prince of the Bharata race, Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kala, Danayu, Sinhika, Krodha, Pradha, Viswa, Vinata, Kapila, Muni, and Kadru. |
Mbh.1.65.3297 | And Sesha or Ananta, Vasuki, Takshaka, Kumara, and Kulika are known to be the sons of Kadru; and Bhimasena, Ugrasena, Suparna, Varuna, Gopati, and Dhritarashtra, and Suryavarchas the seventh, Satyavachas, Arkaparna, Prayuta, Bhima, and Chitraratha known to fame, of great learning, and a controller of his passions, and then Kalisiras, and, O king, Parjanya, the fourteenth in the list, Kali, the fifteenth, and Narada, the sixteenth, these Devas and Gandharvas are known to be the sons of Muni Daksha's daughter as mentioned before. |
Mbh.1.66.3425 | Surasa also bore the Nagas, and Kadru, the Punnagas snakes. |
Mbh.1.123.6648 | The sons of Kadru Nagas, the son of Vinata, the Gandharvas, the lords of the creation, and the seven great Rishis, viz, Bharadwaja, Kasyapa, Gautama, Viswamitra, Jamadagni, Vasishtha, and the illustrious Atri who illumined the world of old when the Sun was lost, all came there. |
Mbh.2.11.440 | O Yudhishthira; and Aditi, Diti, Danu, Surasa, Vinata, Ira, Kalika, Suravi, Devi, Sarama, Gautami and the goddesses Pradha, and Kadru, these mothers of the celestials, and Rudrani, Sree, Lakshmi, Bhadra, Shashthi, the Earth, Ganga, Hri, Swaha, Kriti, the goddess Sura, Sachi Pushti, Arundhati, Samvritti, Asa, Niyati, Srishti, Rati, these and many other goddesses wait upon the Creator of all. |
Mbh.3.229.11552 | Kadru introduces herself in a subtle form into the body of a pregnant woman and there she causes the destruction of the foetus, and the mother is made to give birth to a Naga serpent. |
Mbh.8.87.5295 | All the gems and precious jewels, the four Vedas with the histories as the fifth, the Upavedas, the Upanishads, with all their mysteries, and the compilations, and Vasuki, and Citrasena, and Takshaka, and Upatakshaka, and all the mountains, and all the offspring of Kadru with their children, all the great snakes endued with poison, and the Nagas, took the side of Arjuna. |
Mbh.13.165.13692 | Then comes the three-eyed Lord of Lima; then Skanda the generalissimo of the celestial forces; then Visakha; then Agni the eater of sacrificial libations; then Vayu the god of wind; then Chandramas; then Aditya the god of the sun, endued with effulgence; then the illustrious Sakra the lord of Sachi; and Yama with his spouse Dhumorna; and Varuna with Gauri; Kuvera the lord of treasures, with his spouse Riddhi; the amiable and illustrious cow Surabhi; the great Rishi Visravas; Sankalpa, Ocean, Gangs: the other sacred Rivers; the diverse Maruts; the Valkhilyas crowned with success of penances; the island-born Krishna; Narada; Parvata; Viswavasu; the Hahas; the Huhus; Tumvuru; Chitrasena; the celestial messenger of wide celebrity; the highly blessed celestial maidens; the celestial Apsaras, Urvasi, Menaka, Rambha; Misrakesi, Alamvusha, Viswachi, Ghritachi, Panchachuda, Tilottama, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Aswins, the Pitris; Dharma Righteousness; Vedic lore, Penances, Diksha, Perseverance in religious acts, the Grandsire, Day and Night, Kasyapa the son of Marichi, Sukra, Vrihaspati, Mangala the son of Earth, Vudha, Rahu, Sanischara, the Constellations, the Seasons, the Months, the Fortnights, the Year, Garuda, the son of Vinata, the several Oceans, the sons of Kadru, viz, the Snakes, Satadru, Vipasa, Chandrabhaga, Saraswati, Sindhu, Devika, Prabhasa, the lakes of Pushkara, Ganga, Mahanadi, Vena, Kaveri, Narmada, Kulampuna Visalya, Karatoya, Amvuvahini. |
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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