Agnipurana 274
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274.1
Agni said: / Yadu had five sons, the eldest among them was Sahasrajit: / Nīlāñjaka, Raghu, Kroṣṭu, Śatajit, and Sahasrajit.
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[From] Śatajit [were born] three: Haihaya, Reṇuhaya, and Haya. / Haihaya's [son was] Dharmanetra; Dharmanetra's [son was] Saṃhana.
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Mahiman was [the son] of Saṃhana; from Mahiman came Bhadrasenaka; / from Bhadrasena came Durgama; from Durgama was Kanaka.
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From Kanaka came Kṛtavīrya, Kṛtāgni, Karavīraka, / and Kṛtaujas was the fourth; and from Kṛtavīrya came that Arjuna.
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Datta gave to Arjuna, as he practiced ascetic austerity, lordship over the earth of seven continents, / and gave him a thousand arms and unconquerability in battle by foes,
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And certain death from the hand of Viṣṇu should he turn to unrighteousness. / That Arjuna performed ten thousand sacrifices, O kings.
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By mere remembrance of him, no property was lost in his realm. / Truly, no kings will attain the rank of Kārttavīrya,
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In sacrifices, gifts, ascetic austerities, valor, and sacred learning. / Kārtavīrya had a hundred sons, among whom five were pre-eminent:
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Śūrasena, Śūra, the one called Dhṛṣṭa, and Kṛṣṇa, / and Jayadhvaja by name, who was the great king of Avanti.
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From Jayadhvaja came Tālajaṅgha; from Tālajaṅgha were born sons: / the five clans of the Haihayas, the Bhojas, and likewise the Āvantyas,
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The Vītihotras born of himself, and likewise the Śauṇḍikeyas. / From Vītihotra came Ananta; from Ananta came King Durjaya.
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I shall declare the lineage of Kroṣṭu, in which Hari himself was born: / From Kroṣṭu came Vṛjinīvat; Svāhā was born from Vṛjinīvat.
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Svāhā's son was Ruṣadgu; his son was Citraratha. / From Citraratha came Śaśabindu, a universal emperor devoted to Hari.
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Śaśabindu had a hundred hundred sons, / wise, of handsome form, possessing abundant wealth and splendor.
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Pṛthuśravas was foremost among them; his son was Suyajñaka. / Suyajña's son was Uśanas; Titikṣu was the son of Uśanas.
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From Titikṣu came Marutta; from him Kambalabarhis. / From Rukmakavaca came fifty [sons, including] Rukmeṣu and Pṛthurukmaka,
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[Footnote]
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1 'viṣāṃśuś ca' in ja..
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Havis, and the destroyer of sins Jyāmagha; Jyāmagha was subjugated by his wife. / From Jyāmagha on Sevyā was Vidarbha; his [son was] Kauśika.
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From the best Lomapāda came Kratha; Kṛti came from Lomapāda. / Kauśika's son was Cidi; from him the Caidya kings are remembered.
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From Kratha, son of Vidarbha, came sons: Kunti; from Kunti came Dhṛṣṭaka; / from Dhṛṣṭa came Nidhṛti; his son was Vidūratha, known as Udarka.
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The son of Daśārha was Vyoman; from Vyoman, Jīmūta is spoken of. / Jīmūta's son was Vikala; his son was Bhīmaratha.
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From Bhīmaratha came Navaratha; from him came Dṛḍharatha. / Śakunti was from Dṛḍharatha, and Karambhaka was from Śakunti.
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From Karambha came Devalāta, and Devakṣetra was his son. / From Devakṣetra came one named Madhu; from Madhu came Dravarasa.
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From Dravarasa came Puruhūta; his son was Jantu. / The virtuous Yādava king, the son of Jantu, was Sāttvata.
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From Sāttvata came Bhajamāna, Vṛṣṇi, Andhaka, / and Devāvṛdha—four whose lineages are renowned.
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Of Bhajamāna were Bāhya, Vṛṣṭi, Kṛmi, and Nimi. / From Devāvṛdha came Babhru; about him this verse is sung:
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'Just as we hear of his virtues from afar, so are they found close at hand: / Babhru is foremost among men; Devāvṛdha is equal to the gods.'
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And the four sons of Babhru were kings devoted to Vāsudeva.
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[Footnote]
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1 'dhṛtiḥ' in ña..
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2 'devarāto 'bhūt' in kha.., ga.., gha.., ja.., ña.., ṭa.., and
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3 'vistṛtāḥ' in ka.., cha.., and
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Kuhura, Bhajamāna, Śini, and Kambalabarhis.
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The son of Kuhura was Dhṛṣṇu; Dhṛṣṇu's son was Dhṛti. / From Dhṛti came Kapotaroman; his son was Tittiri.
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The son of Tittiri was Nara; his [son was] Candanadundubhi. / His son was Punarvasu; Āhuka and the daughter Āhukī [were his children].
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From Āhuka was born Devaka; then Ugrasena came into being. / Devavat and Upadeva are known as the sons of Devaka.
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They had seven sisters; he gave them to Vasudeva: / Devakī, Śrutadevī, Mitradevī, Yathodharā,
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Śrīdevī, Satyadevī, and Surāpī as the seventh. / Ugrasena had nine sons, Kaṃsa being the eldest among them,
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As well as Nyagrodha, Sunāman, Kaṅka, and King Śaṅku, / Sutanu, Rāṣṭrapāla, Yuddhamuṣṭi, and Sumuṣṭika.
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Then the son of Bhajamāna was Vidūratha, foremost of charioteers. / Rājādhideva and Śūra were the sons of Vidūratha.
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The two sons of Rājādhideva were Śoṇāśva and Śvetavāhana. / Śoṇāśva had five sons: Śamī, Śatrujit, and the rest.
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Śamī's son was Pratikṣetra; of Pratikṣetra, Bhojaka. / The son of Bhoja was Hṛdika; and Hṛdika had ten sons:
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Kṛtavarman, Śatadhanvan, Devārha, Bhīṣaṇa, and the rest.
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[Footnote]
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1 'kukuro bhajamānastu' in ka.. / 'sundaro bhajamānastu' in ja..
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2 'kukurasya' in ka..
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3 'Śakrajit and others' in manuscript kha.
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From Devārha came Kambalabarhis; from him was Asamaujas.
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Sudaṃṣṭra, Suvāsa, and Dhṛṣṭa were sons of Asamaujas. / Gāndhārī and Mādrī became the two wives of Dhṛṣṭa.
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Sumitra was born of Gāndhārī, and Mādrī gave birth to Yudhājit. / Anamitra and Śini were born from Dhṛṣṭa, and from him indeed came Devamīḍhuṣa.
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Anamitra's son was Nighna, and Nighna's son was Prasena. / Prasena and Satrājit [were his sons]. Then, [having obtained] the Syamantaka jewel from Sūrya,
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a lion killed [Prasena] wandering in the forest and took the jewel. / The lion was slain by Jāmbavat, and Jāmbavat was conquered by Hari.
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Having obtained the jewel and Jāmbavatī from him, [Hari] went to the city of Dvārakā. / He gave it to Satrājit; [then] Śatadhanvan killed him.
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Having slain Śatadhanu and taken the jewel, renowned Kṛṣṇa / presented the jewel, [recovered] from Akrūra, before Bala and the foremost Yādavas.
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Having recited [this], one is freed from false accusations concerning Kṛṣṇa and attains heaven. / Satrājit was the causer of discord; Satyabhāmā was the beloved of Hari.
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From Anamitra was born Śini, and Satyaka was the son of Śini. / From Satyaka, Sātyaki was born; from Yuyudhāna came Dhuni.
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Dhuni's son was Yugandhara; Svāhya was born from Yudhājit. / Ṛṣabha and Kṣetraka were his sons; and from Ṛṣabha came Svaphalka.
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Svaphalka's son was Akrūra, and from Akrūra came Sudhanvan. / From Śūra came Vasudeva and the others; Pṛthā became the beloved [wife] of Pāṇḍu.
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[Footnote]
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1 'Sudhājitam' in manuscripts kha and cha.
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2 'Svāndho 'bhūt' in manuscripts kha and cha; 'sākṣo 'bhūt' in manuscript ja.
274.48
From Dharma [was born] Yudhiṣṭhira to Pāṇḍu; from Vāyu, Vṛkodara in Kuntī; / from Indra, Dhanañjaya; [and] in Mādrī, Nakula and Sahadeva.
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From Vasudeva in Rohiṇī were born Rāma, Sāraṇa, and Durgama. / And from Vasudeva in Devakī was first born Susena,
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Kīrtimat, Bhadrasena, the one named Jāru, Viṣṇudāsa, / [and] Bhadradeha. Kaṃsa indeed killed these six embryos.
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Then [was born] Bala; then Kṛṣṇa; [and] Subhadrā of auspicious speech. / Cārudeṣṇa, Śāmba, and others were the sons of Kṛṣṇa from Jāmbavatī.
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Thus ends the two hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Lineage of Yadu', in the Mahāpurāṇa called Āgneya.
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Now, the two hundred and seventy-fifth chapter.
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The Twelve Battles
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