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Canto 9

Gaurānga Karunā Koro

 


Chapter 22: The Descendants of Ajamīdha: the Pāndavas and Kauravas

(1) S'rī S'uka said: 'Mitrāyu was  born from Divodāsa and his sons, oh protector of man, were Cyavana, Sudāsa, Sahadeva and Somaka. Somaka next was the father of Jantu. (2) From him there were a hundred sons and Prishata was the youngest of them. Prishata begot Drupada who was opulent in every way.  (3) Draupadī [the wife of the Pāndavas] was fathered by Drupada. His sons were headed by Dhrishthadyumna who begot Dhrishthaketu. All these descendants of Bharmyās'va [9.21: 31-33] are known as the Pāńcālas.

(4-5) Riksha was another son begotten by Ajamīdha. He fathered Samvarana who with his wife Tapatī, the daughter of the sun god, gave birth to Kuru  [see family-tree], the king of Kurukshetra. Parīkshi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Nishadha were the sons of Kuru. Sudhanu fathered Suhotra and he begot [another] Cyavana. Kriti was born from his loins. (6) Uparicara Vasu was born because of Kritī. His sons who were headed by Brihadratha were Kus'āmba, Matsya, Pratyagra, Cedipa and others. They all ruled the state of Cedi. (7) Brihadratha gave life to Kus'āgra who begot Rishabha. He in his turn fathered Satyahita who had a son called Pushpavān whose son was Jahu. (8) Brihadratha begot with a second wife he had a son in two halves who, because the mother rejected them, by Jarā [the daughter of Time, see also 4.27: 19] playfully were united while she said: 'Come alive, come alive'. Thus a son called Jarāsandha ['Jarā's hermaphrodite'] was born [who later became a vital enemy of Lord Krishna]. (9) He [Jarāsandha] gave life to Sahadeva whose son Somāpi fathered S'rutas'ravā. Parīkshi [another son of Kuru] had no children while Jahnu begot a son named Suratha. (10) From him there was Vidūratha who brought Sārvabauma into the world. He had Jayasena and his son Rādhika gave life to Ayutāyu. (11) Ayutāyu became the father of Akrodhana who had a son named Devātithi. He brought Riksha into the world who had a son called Dilīpa and because of him the son Pratīpa appeared. (12-13) From him the sons Devāpi, S'āntanu and Bāhlīka appeared. It was Devāpi, the eldest one, who rejected his father's realm and left for the forest so that S'āntanu became the king. He in a previous life had been the celebrated Mahābhisha. Whomever was touched by him with his hands attained youth, however old that person would be. (14-15) Because one primarily by the touch of his hands was purified, he was known as S'āntanu. When Indra, the king of heaven, for twelve years had not showered any rain in his kingdom, his brahmins told him: 'You are at fault for preceding your older brother [Devāpi] in enjoying the kingdom [and are thus a so-called parivettā]. For the full development of your homestead and kingdom, immediately return the realm to him.'

(16-17) Thus being advised by the brahmins he asked Devāpi to take charge of the kingdom, but from what he replied became clear that he had given up on the Vedas. That had happened because the brahmins in the past, on the instigation of  S'āntanu's minister, had prompted him with words that went against the Vedic instructions. When that was said [and S'āntanu finally accepted the realm] the demigod showered the rains. Devāpi thereupon sought his refuge in the village of Kalāpa where he took up the practice of yoga [in which he is still engaged today]. (18-19) After the Soma dynasty in Kali-yuga has disappeared, it will [by him] at the beginning of the next one, Satya-yuga, be re-established. Bāhlīka [S'āntanu's brother] begot Somadatta and from him there were Bhūri, Bhūris'ravā and S'ala. S'āntanu begot in his wife Gangā the self-realized great devotee and scholar Bhīshma [see also 1.9], who is the best defender of the dharma. (20) By him, the foremost of all warriors, even Paras'urāma - to his own satisfaction - was defeated in a fight [*]. From the womb of [Satyavatī] the daughter of Dāsa [a fisherman **] S'āntanu brought about the son Citrāngada. (21-24) Citrāngada was killed by a Gandharva carrying the same name. Vicitravīrya was a younger brother of Citrāngada. The sage Parās'ara gave with his mother [Satyavatī, previous to her marriage to S'āntanu] life to a direct expansion of the Lord, a great muni who protected the Vedas: Krishna Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva [also called Bādarāyana], from whom I [S'ukadeva] was born. With him I studied this [Bhāgavatam] thoroughly. He, the [partial] incarnation of the Lord, rejected his pupils Paila and others. But me, his son who was far removed from sense gratification, he taught this supreme literature of confidential knowledge. Vicitravīrya later on married the two daughters of Kās'īrāja called Ambikā and Ambālikā who by force were brought from the arena of selection. But because he was too attached in his heart to the both of them he died of an infection with tuberculosis. (25) With no offspring from the half-brother, Vyāsadeva was instructed by [in devarena sutotpatti, see footnote 9.6] his mother [Satyavatī] to father sons: Dhritarāshthra, Pāndu [with respectively Ambikā and Ambālikā] and also a son named Vidura [whom he begot with Vicitravīrya's maidservant, see also 1: 13]. (26) From Gāndhārī, the wife of Dhritarāshthra, a hundred sons were born, oh protector of man. Duryodhana was the eldest. There was also a daughter called Duhs'alā.

(27-28) Pāndu had to restrain his sexual life because of a curse, and therefore the great [Pāndava] heroes, the three sons [Bhīma and Arjuna who were] headed by Yudhishthhira, were begotten with [his wife] Kuntī by Dharma [the god of piety], Anila [the god of the wind] and Indra [not mentioning Karna who was brought forth by the sun god]. Nakula and Sahadeva were begotten by the two As'vins [Nāsatya and Dasra] in the womb of Mādrī. From these five brothers [with Draupadī] five sons were born: your uncles. (29) Yudhishthhira had the son Prativindhya, Bhīma had S'rutasena, from Arjuna came S'rutakīrti and from Nakula S'atānīka appeared. (30-31) Sahadeva, oh King, had S'rutakarmā. Yudhishthhira furthermore had the son Devaka with Pauravī and Bhīma had Ghathotkaca with Hidimbā and Sarvagata with Kālī. Sahadeva fathered the son Suhotra with Vijayā, the daughter of the Himalayan king [Pārvatī]. (32) Nakula had with Karenumatī a son named Naramitra and Arjuna begot the son Irāvān together with Ulupī [a Nāga daughter] and the son Babhruvāhana with the princess of Manipura. Even though he was Arjuna's son, Abhruvāhana was adopted by the father-in-law [because of a condition he set for the marriage].

(33) Your father Abhimanyu was born from Subhadrā [Krishna's sister wed to Arjuna]. He was a great hero who defeated all atirathas ['those who can oppose a thousand charioteers']. You have taken birth from Uttarā because of him. (34) With the annihilation of the Kuru dynasty As'vatthāmā also tried to put you to death with the heat of the brahmāstra weapon, but by the mercy of Lord Krishna you were saved from ending that way [see 1.8]. (35) Your sons, my best one, with Janamejaya first and then S'rutasena, Bhīmasena and Ugrasena, are all greatly powerful. (36) When Janamejaya learns that you have died because of Takshaka, he in great anger will offer all snakes during a fire sacrifice. (37) After having conquered each and every part of the world, he will appoint Tura, the son of Kalasha, for his priest and be of sacrifice in as'vamedha offerings, for which he will be celebrated as Turuga-medhashāth ['performer of many horse-sacrifices']. (38) S'atānīka, his son, will under Yājńavalkya thoroughly study the three Vedas, as also the way to put the spiritual knowledge into practice [with ceremonies]. He will realize the military art [from Kripācārya] and with S'aunaka he will arrive at the realization of the transcendental truth. (39) His son Sahasrānīka will have one carrying the name As'vamedhaja who will beget Asīmakrishna who will have a son called Nemicakra. (40) With Hastināpura flooded by the river [the Ganges], he [Nemicakra] from sheer necessity will live at Kaus'āmbī, whereafter from his son called Citraratha there will be the son S'uciratha. (41) From him there will also be a son, Vrishthimān, because of whom next Sushena will take his birth, an emperor. His son Sunītha will have one called Nricakshu and he will father Sukhīnala. (42) Pariplava will be his son and from Sunaya succeeding him Medhāvī will appear. Nripańjaya will be his son and he will beget Dūrva from whose loins Timi will take birth. (43) From Timi the son Brihadratha will appear from whose son Sudāsa the son S'atānīka will be given life. S'atānīka will have a son called Durdamana and his son will be Mahīnara. (44-45) Dandapāni, fathered by him, will give life to Nimi because of whom Kshemaka will take birth. With Kshemaka closing the row as the monarch this dynasty will end, this source of brahmins and kshatriyas that is respected by the seers and the godly souls in Kali-yuga. In the future there will be next the kings of Māgadha. Let me tell you about them.

(46-48) Sahadeva [the son of Jarāsandha] will beget the son Mārjāri. S'rutas'ravā will be his son, Yutāyu will be his successor and his son Niramitra will father Sunakshatra. Sunakshatra will be the father of Brihatsena and his son Karmajit will have the son Sutańjaya from whose loins Vipra will be born who will give life to a son called S'uci. Kshema, who is born thereafter, will have the son Suvrata from whom Dharmasūtra will appear. His son Sama will beget Dyumatsena who is succeeded by Sumati from whose loins Subala will take birth. (49) From Sunītha [Subala's son] Satyajit will be brought into the world and from his son Vis'vajit there will be a son called Ripuńjaya. The line of Brihadratha, in which all these kings are born, will last a thousand years.'

(Picture: family tree from Kuru up to the Pāndavas)

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Text 1

S'rī S'uka said: 'Mitrāyu was  born from Divodāsa and his sons, oh protector of man, were Cyavana, Sudāsa, Sahadeva and Somaka. Somaka next was the father of Jantu.
S'rī S'uka said: 'From Divodāsa was Mitrāyu born and his sons, o protector of man, were Cyavana, Sudāsa, Sahadeva and Somaka. Somaka next was the father of Jantu. (Vedabase)

 

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From him there were a hundred sons and Prishata was the youngest of them. Prishata begot Drupada who was opulent in every way.

Of him there were a hundred sons, and the youngest of them was Prishata. From him was Drupada born who was opulent in every way. (Vedabase)

 

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Draupadī [the wife of the Pāndavas] was fathered by Drupada. His sons were headed by Dhrishthadyumna who begot Dhrishthaketu. All these descendants of Bharmyās'va [9.21: 31-33] are known as the Pāńcālas.

From Drupada was Draupadī [the wife of the Pāndavas] born. His sons were led by Dhrishthadyumna of whom there was Dhrishthaketu. All these descendants of Bharmyās'va [9.21: 31-33] are known as the Pāńcālakas. (Vedabase)

 

Text 4-5

Riksha was another son begotten by Ajamīdha. He fathered Samvarana who with his wife Tapatī, the daughter of the sun god, gave birth to Kuru [see family-tree], the king of Kurukshetra. Parīkshi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Nishadha were the sons of Kuru. Sudhanu fathered Suhotra and he begot [another] Cyavana. Kriti was born from his loins.

Riksha was another son born from Ajamīdha. He begot Samvarana from whose wife Tapatī, the daughter of the sungod, Kuru was born [see family-tree], the king of Kurukshetra. Parīkshi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Nishadha were Kuru's sons. From Sudhanu was Suhotra born and from him took Cyavana birth of whom there was Kritī. (Vedabase)

 

Text 6

Uparicara Vasu was born because of Kritī. His sons who were headed by Brihadratha were Kus'āmba, Matsya, Pratyagra, Cedipa and others. They all ruled the state of Cedi.

From him there was Uparicara Vasu and his sons headed by Brihadratha were Kus'āmba, Matsya, Pratyagra and Cedipa and others. They all became rulers of the state of Cedi. (Vedabase)

    

Text 7

Brihadratha gave life to Kus'āgra who begot Rishabha. He in his turn fathered Satyahita who had a son called Pushpavān whose son was Jahu.

From Brihadratha was Kus'āgra born. From his son Rishabha was Satyahita born who as his offspring had Pushpavān whose son was Jahu. (Vedabase)


Text 8

Brihadratha begot with a second wife he had a son in two halves who, because the mother rejected them, by Jarā [the daughter of Time, see also 4.27: 19] playfully were united while she said: 'Come alive, come alive'. Thus a son called Jarāsandha ['Jarā's hermaphrodite'] was born [who later became a vital enemy of Lord Krishna].

Brihadratha begot with a second wife he had a son in two halves who, because of the mother rejecting them, by Jarā [the daughter of Time, see also 4.27: 19] playfully were united saying: 'Come alive, come alive', so that a son called Jarāsandha ['Jarā's hermaphrodite'] was born [that later became a vital enemy of Lord Krishna]. (Vedabase)

  

Text 9

He [Jarāsandha] gave life to Sahadeva whose son Somāpi fathered S'rutas'ravā. Parīkshi [another son of Kuru] had no children while Jahnu begot a son named Suratha.

From him was then Sahadeva born of whose son Somāpi there was S'rutas'ravā. Parīkshi [another son of Kuru] had no children while of Jahnu one was born named Suratha. (Vedabase)

 

Text 10

From him there was Vidūratha who brought Sārvabauma into the world. He had Jayasena and his son Rādhika gave life to Ayutāyu.

From him there was Vidūratha of whom Sārvabhauma was born. He had Jayasena and from his son Rādhika was Ayutāyu born. (Vedabase)

 

Text 11

Ayutāyu became the father of Akrodhana who had a son named Devātithi. He brought Riksha into the world who had a son called Dilīpa and because of him the son Pratīpa appeared.

From him then there was Akrodhana who had a son named Devātithi of whom Riksha was born who had a son called Dilīpa and because of him there was the son Pratīpa. (Vedabase)

 

Text 12-13

From him the sons Devāpi, S'āntanu and Bāhlīka appeared. It was Devāpi, the eldest one, who rejected his father's realm and left for the forest so that S'āntanu became the king. He in a previous life had been the celebrated Mahābhisha. Whomever was touched by him with his hands attained youth, however old that person would be.

From him were born the sons Devāpi, S'āntanu and Bāhlīka. It was Devāpi the eldest who rejected his father's realm and left for the forest so that S'āntanu became the king. He a life before had been the celebrated Mahābhisha; whomever he touched with his hands attained youth however old that person would be. (Vedabase)

 

Text 14-15

Because one primarily by the touch of his hands was purified, he was known as S'āntanu. When Indra, the king of heaven, for twelve years had not showered any rain in his kingdom, his brahmins told him: 'You are at fault for preceding your older brother  [Devāpi] in enjoying the kingdom [and are thus a so-called parivettā]. For the full development of your homestead and kingdom, immediately return the realm to him.'

Because one indeed primarily by the touch of his hands could receive the youth of pleasure was he known as S'āntanu. When Indra, the might of the heavens, for twelve years had not sent down rain in his kingdom was S'āntanu, who at fault as an usurper [parivetta] was enjoying the kingdom of his elder brother, by his brahmins advised: 'Give immediately, for the elevation of your stronghold and kingdom, the realm back to your elder brother.' (Vedabase)

 

Text 16-17

Thus being advised by the brahmins he asked Devāpi to take charge of the kingdom, but from what he replied became clear that he had given up on the Vedas. That had happened because the brahmins in the past, on the instigation of  S'āntanu's minister, had prompted him with words that went against the Vedic instructions. When that was said [and S'āntanu finally accepted the realm] the demigod showered the rains. Devāpi thereupon sought his refuge in the village of Kalāpa where he took up the practice of yoga [in which he is still engaged today].

Thus advised by the twice-born asked he Devāpi to take charge of the kingdom but from what he replied became clear that he had fallen from the principles. That had happened because in the past instigated by S'āntanu's minister the brahmins had prompted him with words in offense with the Vedas. When that was said showered [with S'āntanu accepting the realm] the demigod the rains. Devāpi later on sought his refuge in the village of Kalāpa taking up the practice of yoga [in which he is still engaged today]. (Vedabase)

 

Text 18-19

After the Soma dynasty in Kali-yuga has disappeared, it will [by him] at the beginning of the next one, Satya-yuga, be re-established. Bāhlīka [S'āntanu's brother] begot Somadatta and from him there were Bhūri, Bhūris'ravā and S'ala. S'āntanu begot in his wife Gangā the self-realized great devotee and scholar Bhīshma [see also 1.9], who is the best defender of the dharma.

When the Soma dynasty in Kali-yuga has disappeared, will it [by him] at the beginning of the next one, Satya-yuga, be reestablished. Bāhlīka [S'āntanu's brother] begot Somadatta and from him there were Bhūri, Bhūris'ravā and next the son S'ala. S'āntanu begot in his wife Gangā the selfrealized great devotee and scholar Bhīshma [see also 1.9], the best of all defenders of the dharma. (Vedabase)

  

Text 20

By him, the foremost of all warriors, even Paras'urāma - to his own satisfaction - was defeated in a fight [*]. From the womb of [Satyavatī] the daughter of Dāsa [a fisherman **] S'āntanu brought about the son Citrāngada.

By him, the best of all warriors, was even Paras'urāma to his own satisfaction defeated in a fight [*]. By S'āntanu was from the womb of [Satyavatī] the daughter of Dāsa [a fisherman **] brought about the son Citrāngada. (Vedabase)

 

Text 21-24

Citrāngada was killed by a Gandharva carrying the same name. Vicitravīrya was a younger brother of Citrāngada. The sage Parās'ara gave with his mother [Satyavatī, previous to her marriage to S'āntanu] life to a direct expansion of the Lord, a great muni who protected the Vedas: Krishna Dvaipāyana Vyāsadeva [also called Bādarāyana], from whom I [S'ukadeva] was born. With him I studied this [Bhāgavatam] thoroughly. He, the [partial] incarnation of the Lord, rejected his pupils Paila and others. But me, his son who was far removed from sense gratification, he taught this supreme literature of confidential knowledge. Vicitravīrya later on married the two daughters of Kās'īrāja called Ambikā and Ambālikā who by force were brought from the arena of selection. But because he was too attached in his heart to the both of them he died of an infection with tuberculosis.

Vicitravīrya his elder brother Citrāngada was by a Gandharva carrying the same name killed. By the sage Parās'ara incarnated from her [Satyavatī, previous to her marriage to S'āntanu] directly an expansion of the Lord who was a great muni protecting the Vedas: Krishna Dvaipāyana from whom I was born to study this [Bhāgavatam] thoroughly. Vyāsadeva, the [partial] incarnation of the Lord, rejected his pupils Paila and others while he unto me, I as his son far removed from sense gratification, was of instruction with the most confidential of this supreme literature. Vicitravīrya later on married the two daughters of Kās'īrāja who by force were brought from the arena of selection, but because he was too attached in his heart to the both of Ambikā and Ambālikā died he of an infection with tuberculosis. (Vedabase)

 

Text 25

With no offspring from the half-brother, Vyāsadeva was instructed by [in devarena sutotpatti, see footnote 9.6] his mother [Satyavatī] to father sons: Dhritarāshthra, Pāndu [with respectively Ambikā and Ambālikā] and also a son named Vidura [whom he begot with Vicitravīrya's maidservant, see also 1: 13].

Therein of the brother having no offspring begot Vyāsadeva commissioned [in devarena sutotpatti, see footnote 9.6] by the mother [Satyavatī] two sons called Dhritarāshthra and Pāndu [with respectively Ambikā and Ambālikā] and was [with Vicitravīrya's maidservant, see also 1: 13] also a son begotten named Vidura. (Vedabase)

 

Text 26

From Gāndhārī, the wife of Dhritarāshthra, a hundred sons were born, oh protector of man. Duryodhana was the eldest. There was also a daughter called Duhs'alā.

From Dhritarāshthra's wife Gāndhārī were a hundred sons born, o protector of man, of whom Duryodhana was the oldest, as well as one daughter called Duhs'alā. (Vedabase)

 

Text 27-28

Pāndu had to restrain his sexual life because of a curse, and therefore the great [Pāndava] heroes, the three sons [Bhīma and Arjuna who were] headed by Yudhishthhira, were begotten with [his wife] Kuntī by Dharma [the god of piety], Anila [the god of the wind] and Indra [not mentioning Karna who was brought forth by the sun god]. Nakula and Sahadeva were begotten by the two As'vins [Nāsatya and Dasra] in the womb of Mādrī. From these five brothers [with Draupadī] five sons were born: your uncles.

Pāndu because of a curse had to restrain his sexual life, and so were the great [Pāndava] heroes, the three sons headed by Yudhishthhira born from [his wife] Kuntī begotten by Dharma, Anila and Indra [not mentioning Karna brought forth by the sungod]. Nakula and Sahadeva were in the womb of Mādrī begotten by the two As'vins [Nāsatya and Dasra]. From these five brothers came [with Draupadī] five sons into this world: your uncles. (Vedabase)

 

Text 29

Yudhishthhira had the son Prativindhya, Bhīma had S'rutasena, from Arjuna came S'rutakīrti and from Nakula S'atānīka appeared.

Yudhishthhira had Prativindhya, Bhīma had S'rutasena, from Arjuna came S'rutakīrti and from Nakula there was S'atānīka. (Vedabase)

 

Text 30-31

Sahadeva oh King, had S'rutakarmā. Yudhishthhira furthermore had the son Devaka with Pauravī and Bhīma had Ghathotkaca with Hidimbā and Sarvagata with Kālī. Sahadeva fathered the son Suhotra with Vijayā, the daughter of the Himalayan king [Pārvatī].

Sahadeva, o King, had S'rutakarmā. There indeed were also other sons: from Yudhishthhira was there with Pauravī Devaka, Bhīma had Ghathotkaca with Hidimbā and Sarvagata with Kālī, and likewise had Sahadeva with Vijayā, the daughter of the Himalayan king [Pārvatī], Suhotra born from him. (Vedabase)

 

Text 32

Nakula had with Karenumatī a son named Naramitra and Arjuna begot the son Irāvān together with Ulupī [a Nāga daughter] and the son Babhruvāhana with the princess of Manipura. Even though he was Arjuna's son, Abhruvāhana was adopted by the father-in-law [because of a condition he set for the marriage].

Nakula had with Karenumatī a son named Naramitra and Arjuna had the son Irāvān from the womb of Ulupī [a Nāga-daughter] and the son Babhruvāhana with the princess of Manipura, who, although being his son, was adopted by the father-in-law. (Vedabase)

 

Text 33

Your father Abhimanyu was born from Subhadrā [Krishna's sister wed to Arjuna]. He was a great hero who defeated all atirathas ['those who can oppose a thousand charioteers']. You have taken birth from Uttarā because of him.

From Subhadrā [Krishna's sister] was [by Arjuna] your father Abhimanyu born, he was a great hero who defeated all Atirathas ['those who can oppose a thousand charioteers']. And your good self took begotten by him birth from Uttarā. (Vedabase)

 

Text 34

With the annihilation of the Kuru dynasty As'vatthāmā also tried to put you to death with the heat of the brahmāstra weapon, but by the mercy of Lord Krishna you were saved from ending that way [see 1.8].

With the annihilation of the Kuru dynasty tried As'vatthāmā also to put you to death with the heat of the brahmāstra weapon, but by the mercy of Lord Krishna were you saved from ending that way [see 1.8]. (Vedabase)

 

Text 35

Your sons, my best one, with Janamejaya first and then S'rutasena, Bhīmasena and Ugrasena, are all greatly powerful.

All your sons, my best, with Janamejaya first, S'rutasena, Bhīmasena and Ugrasena - are all of great power. (Vedabase)

 

Text 36

When Janamejaya learns that you have died because of Takshaka, he in great anger will offer all snakes during a fire sacrifice.

Your eldest son, knowing that you died of Takshaka, will in great anger in a fire sacrifice offer all snakes. (Vedabase)

 

Text 37

After having conquered each and every part of the world, he will appoint Tura, the son of Kalasha, for his priest and be of sacrifice in as'vamedha offerings, for which he will be celebrated as Turuga-medhashāth ['performer of many horse-sacrifices'].

Accepting Tura, the son of Kalasha, for his priest will he, having conquered each and every part of the world, be of sacrifice in as'vamedha-offerings and be known as Turuga-medhashāth ['performer of many horse-sacrifices']. (Vedabase)

 

Text 38

S'atānīka, his son, will under Yājńavalkya thoroughly study the three Vedas, as also the way to put the spiritual knowledge into practice [with ceremonies]. He will realize the military art [from Kripācārya] and with S'aunaka he will arrive at the realization of the transcendental truth.

S'atānīka, his son, will with Yājńavalkya thoroughly study the three Vedas and the way to perform [cermonies] according the spiritual knowledge, realize the military art [from Kripācārya] and will with S'aunaka achieve the transcendental. (Vedabase)

 

Text 39

His son Sahasrānīka will have one carrying the name As'vamedhaja who will beget Asīmakrishna who will have a son called Nemicakra.

Sahasrānīka his son will have As'vamedhaja for his son and from him will there be Asīmakrishna who will have a son named Nemicakra. (Vedabase)

 

Text 40

With Hastināpura flooded by the river [the Ganges], he [Nemicakra] from sheer necessity will live at Kaus'āmbī, whereafter from his son called Citraratha there will be the son S'uciratha.

With Hastināpura flooded by the river, will he [Nemicakra] duly live at Kaus'āmbī, whereafter from his son called Citraratha there will be the son S'uciratha. (Vedabase)

 

Text 41

From him there will also be a son, Vrishthimān, because of whom next Sushena will take his birth, an emperor. His son Sunītha will have one called Nricakshu and he will father Sukhīnala.

From him will there also be a son: Vrishthimān from whom following there will be Sushena, an emperor. His son Sunītha will have one called Nricakshu and from him there will be Sukhīnala.  (Vedabase)

 

Text 42

Pariplava will be his son and from Sunaya succeeding him Medhāvī will appear. Nripańjaya will be his son and he will beget Dūrva from whose loins Timi will take birth.

Pariplava will be his son and from Sunaya after him will there be Medhāvī; from him there will be Nripańjaya, he will have Dūrva and by him will Timi take birth. (Vedabase)

 

Text 43

From Timi the son Brihadratha will appear from whose son Sudāsa the son S'atānīka will be given life. S'atānīka will have a son called Durdamana and his son will be Mahīnara.

Of Timi, we'll have Brihadratha of whom Sudāsa will have the son S'atānīka. S'atānīka will have a son named Durdamana and his son will be Mahīnara. (Vedabase)

 

Text 44-45

Dandapāni, fathered by him, will give life to Nimi because of whom Kshemaka will take birth. With Kshemaka closing the row as the monarch this dynasty will end, this source of brahmins and kshatriyas that is respected by the seers and the godly souls in Kali-yuga. In the future there will be next the kings of Māgadha. Let me tell you about them.

Dandapāni, from him, will have Nimi from whom Kshemaka will take birth. With Kshemaka closing the row as the monarch will there be an end to this dynasty, this source of brahmins and kshatriyas respected by the seers and the godly in Kali-yuga. Next will there in the future be the kings of Māgadha; let me tell you about them. (Vedabase)

 

Text 46-48

Sahadeva [the son of Jarāsandha] will beget the son Mārjāri. S'rutas'ravā will be his son, Yutāyu will be his successor and his son Niramitra will father Sunakshatra. Sunakshatra will be the father of Brihatsena and his son Karmajit will have the son Sutańjaya from whose loins Vipra will be born who will give life to a son called S'uci. Kshema, who is born thereafter, will have the son Suvrata from whom Dharmasūtra will appear. His son Sama will beget Dyumatsena who is succeeded by Sumati from whose loins Subala will take birth.

The son of Sahadeva [born of Jarāsandha] will have Mārjāri for his son. S'rutas'ravā will there be of him, Yutāyu will be his son and Niramitra after him will have Sunakshatra. Sunakshatra will beget Brihatsena and Karmajit from him will have Sutańjaya whose son Vipra will have one born called S'uci. Kshema thereafter born from him will have the son Suvrata from whom Dharmasūtra will appear. Sama his son will have Dyumatsena after whom next from Sumati, his son, Subala will take birth. (Vedabase)

 

Text 49

From Sunītha [Subala's son] Satyajit will be brought into the world and from his son Vis'vajit there will be a son called Ripuńjaya. The line of Brihadratha, in which all these kings are born, will last a thousand years.'

From Sunītha [Subala's son] there will be Satyajit from whose son Vis'vajit there will be Ripuńjaya; and so will all the other kings in the line of Brihadratha for a thousands years in a row take birth.' (Vedabase)

 

*: The fight between Paras'urāma and Bhīshmadeva concerns three daughters of Kas'īrāja - Ambikā, Ambālikā and Ambā - who were forcibly abducted by Bhīshmadeva on behalf of his brother Vicitravīrya. Ambā thought that Bhīshmadeva would marry her and became attached to him, but Bhīshmadeva refused to marry her for he had taken the vow of brahmacarya. Ambā therefore approached Bhīshmadeva's military spiritual master, Paras'urāma, who instructed Bhīshma to marry her. Bhīshmadeva refused and therefore Paras'urāma fought with him to force him to accept the marriage. But Paras'urāma was defeated and he was pleased with Bhīshma.

**: Satyavatī was actually the daughter of Uparicara Vasu from the womb of a fisherwoman known as Matsyagarbhā. Later on Satyavatī was raised by a fisherman.  

 

 

 

 

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