Agnipurana 272

English (machine translation) 272

Language: English

272.7 — 2 parts
272.19 — 1 part
272.30 — 2 parts
272.39 — 5 parts

272.1

Agni said: / I shall tell you of the Solar Dynasty, the Lunar Dynasty, and the dynasty of kings. / From Hari, Brahmā arose seated on a lotus; Marīci was the son of Brahmā.

272.2

From Marīci came Kaśyapa; from him Vivasvat. His wives also were / Saṃjñā, Rājñī, and Prabhā—the three; Rājñī was the daughter of Raivata.

272.3

Prabhā bore to the Sun a son Revanta, and Prabhāta; / Saṃjñā, daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, bore the son Manu, and the twins Yamunā and Yama.

272.4

Chāyā-Saṃjñā bore the son Sāvarṇi Manu, [and] Vaivasvata, / and Śani, Tapatī, and Viṣṭi; and on Saṃjñā [he begot] the two Aśvins again.

272.5

The sons of Vaivasvata Manu were indeed peerless: / Ikṣvāku, Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, and Śaryāti,

272.6

Nariṣyanta, Prāṃśu, the best of men Nābhāgādiṣṭa, / Karuṣa, and Pṛṣadhra, mighty in Ayodhyā.

272.7

And Manu had a daughter, Ilā; from Budha, Purūravas was born of her. / Having produced Purūravas, that Ilā became Sudyumna.

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1 Here the reading 'Chāyā' is appropriate. / [Page 8]

272.8

From Sudyumna came the three kings Utkala, Gaya, and Vinatāśva. / Utkala's kingdom was Utkala; the western region belonged to Vinatāśva,

272.9

the entire [direction] to that best of kings, and Gaya's was Gayāpurī. / By the word of Vasiṣṭha, Sudyumna obtained Pratiṣṭhāna.

272.10

Having obtained that kingdom, Sudyumna gave it to Purūravas. / The Śakas were the sons of Nariṣyanta; and of Nābhāga, the Vaiṣṇava

272.11

Ambarīṣa, the protector of subjects; the Dhārṣṭaka family descended from Dhṛṣṭa. / Sukalpa and Ānarta were [the sons] of Śaryāti; from Vairohya-Ānarta, the king,

272.12

there was the region of Ānarta, and the city was Kuśasthalī. / The righteous son of Reva was Raivata, named Kakudmin.

272.13

He was the eldest of a hundred sons, having obtained the kingdom Kuśasthalī. / Having listened, together with his daughter, to celestial music in the presence of Brahmā,

272.14

for what seemed a moment of the god, many ages passed in the mortal realm. / Then he quickly came to his city, which was surrounded by the Yādavas,

272.15

made charming with many gates and named Dvāravatī, / protected by the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis, and Andhakas, led by Vāsudeva.

272.16

Knowing [this], he gave the faultless Revatī to Baladeva. / Having performed ascetic austerity on the summit of Mount Sumeru, he went to the abode of Viṣṇu.

272.17

And the two sons of Nābhāga, [though born] Vaiśyas, attained the status of Brahmins. / But the descendants of Karūṣa were the Kārūṣas, Kṣatriyas intoxicatingly fierce in battle.

272.18

Pṛṣadhra fell to the status of a Śūdra by slaying his guru's cow. / Then from Manu's son Ikṣvāku was born Vikukṣi, king among men.

272.19

From Vikukṣi was Kakutstha; his son was Suyodhana.

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His son was named Pṛthu; Viśvagaśva was the son of Pṛthu.

272.20

His son was Āyus, and Yuvanāśva was his son; / and from Yuvanāśva came Śrāvanta; formerly, [his city] was the city Śrāvantikā.

272.21

From Śrāvanta was Bṛhadaśva; from him the king was Kuvalāśva. / He attained the title 'Dhundhumāra' ('slayer of Dhundhu') of old on account of Dhundhu.

272.22

The three kings [descended] from Dhundhumāra were Dṛḍhāśva, Daṇḍa, / and Kapila; from Dṛḍhāśva came Haryaśva and Pramodaka.

272.23

From Haryaśva came Nikumbha; from Nikumbha, Saṃhatāśva. / Akṛśāśva and Raṇāśva were both sons of Saṃhatāśva.

272.24

Yuvanāśva was [the son] of Raṇāśva; from Yuvanāśva came Māndhātṛ. / From Māndhātṛ came Purukutsa, and Mucukunda was the second.

272.25

From Purukutsa, Asasyu was born of Narmadā; / of Sambhūta was Sudhanvan; then Tridhanvan was from Sudhanvan.

272.26

From Tridhanvan was Taruṇa; his son was Satyavrata. / From Satyavrata was Satyaratha, and Hariścandra was his son.

272.27

From Hariścandra came Rohitāśva; from Rohitāśva was Vṛka. / From Vṛka came Bāhu; and from Bāhu, Sagara. And his beloved wife,

272.28

Prabhā, was the mother of sixty thousand sons. / Through the grace of Aurva, Bhānumatī bore to the king one [son], Asamañjas.

272.29

Digging the earth, the many sons of Sagara were burned by Viṣṇu. / Asamañjas's [son] was Aṃśumat, and Dilīpa was born from Aṃśumat.

272.30

From Dilīpa was Bhagīratha, by whom the Gaṅgā was brought down.

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1 Ja reads 'muninā' ('by the sage'). / [Page 10]

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From Bhagīratha came Nābhāga; from Nābhāga, Ambarīṣa.

272.31

From Ambarīṣa came Sindhudvīpa; Śrutāyus is remembered as his son. / From Śrutāyus came Ṛtuparṇa; his [son] was Kalmāṣapāda.

272.32

From Kalmāṣāṅghri came Sarvakarman, and from him was Anaraṇya. / From Anaraṇya came Nighna, then Anamitra, and from him Raghu.

272.33

From Raghu was Dilīpa; and from Dilīpa was King Aja. / From Aja came Dīrghabāhu, and from Ajapāla came Kāla.

272.34

Then Daśaratha was born; his sons were four, / all having the nature of Nārāyaṇa; Rāma was his eldest son,

272.35

the king who destroyed Rāvaṇa, the best of the Raghus in Ayodhyā, / whose deeds Vālmīki composed upon hearing [them] from Nārada.

272.36

Rāma's sons on Sītā were Kuśa and Lava, who made their lineage prosper. / Atithi was born from Kuśa, and Niṣadha was his son.

272.37

From Niṣadha was born Nala; Nabhas was indeed born from Nala. / From Nabhas came Puṇḍarīka, and from him was Sudhanvan.

272.38

From Sudhanvan came Devānīka, and Ahīnāśva was his son. / From Ahīnāśva came Sahasrharśva, and Candrāvaloka was from him.

From Candrāvaloka came Tārāpīḍa; from him Candraparvata; / from Candragiri was Bhānuratha, and Śrutāyus was his son. / Those born in the lineage of Ikṣvāku are remembered as upholder of the Solar Dynasty.