Bhagavatapurana 9.12: atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9.12
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atha dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
9.12.1
/0 śrīśuka uvāca
kuśasya cātithistasmān niṣadhastatsuto nabhaḥ /
puṇḍarīko 'tha tatputraḥ kṣemadhanvābhavat tataḥ //
Śrī Śuka said: / From Kuśa came Atithi; from him, Niṣadha; his son was Nabhas; / Puṇḍarīka was his son; from him came Kṣemadhanvan.
1. Sri Suka said:— Kusa's son was Atithi whose son was Nishadha, his son Nabha and his son Pundareeka, of whom Kshemadhanva was born.
9.12.2
devānīkastato 'nīhaḥ pāriyātro 'tha tatsutaḥ /
tato balasthalastasmādvajranābho 'rkasambhavaḥ //
From him came Devānīka, then Anīha, and Pāriyātra was his son; / then Balasthala, from whom came Vajranābha, born of the solar line.
2. His son was Devaneeka whose son was Aneeha (Heeva) of whom Pariyathra was born; his son was Balasthala and his son Vajranabha imbued with an amsa of Surya.
9.12.3
sagaṇastatsutastasmādvidhṛtiścābhavat sutaḥ /
tato hiraṇyanābho 'bhūdyogācāryastu jaimineḥ //
His son was Sagaṇa, and from him Vidhṛti was the son; / then came Hiraṇyanābha, who was the master of yoga under Jaimini,
3. & 4. Vajranabha's son was Khagana and his son Vidhriti; of this last was born Hiranyanabha who became a pupil of Jaimani and the teacher of Yoga system, from whom the sage Kausalya Yagnavalkya received instruction in Yoga relating to Atman, which is the way to attaining great powers and having the knot of the heart cut off.
9.12.4
śiṣyaḥ kauśalya ādhyātmaṃ yājñavalkyo 'dhyagādyataḥ /
yogaṃ mahodayamṛṣirhṛdayagranthibhedakam //
a disciple from Kosala, from whom the sage Yājñavalkya learned the spiritual knowledge / of yoga, the great elevation that cuts through the knots of the heart.
9.12.5
puṣpo hiraṇyanābhasya dhruvasandhistato 'bhavat /
sudarśano 'thāgnivarṇaḥ śīghrastasya maruḥ sutaḥ //
Puṣpa was the son of Hiraṇyanābha; then Dhruvasandhi was born; / then Sudarśana, then Agnivarṇa, Śīghra, and Maru was his son.
5. Hiranyanabha's son was Pushya of whom Dhruvasandhi was born; his son was Sudarsana; his son Agnivarna; his son Seegra; and his son Maru.
9.12.6
so 'sāv āste yogasiddhaḥ kalāpagrāmamāsthitaḥ /
kalerante sūryavaṃśaṃ naṣṭaṃ bhāvayitā punaḥ //
That Maru resides in Kalāpagrāma as a master of yoga; / at the end of Kali, he will restore the lost Solar dynasty once again.
6. Having attained perfection in Yoga this Maru is at the village of Kalapa; at the end of the age of Kali he will revive the interrupted solar-race.
9.12.7
tasmāt prasuśrutastasya sandhistasyāpyamarṣaṇaḥ /
mahasvāṃstatsutastasmādviśvabāhurajāyata //
From him was born Prasuśruta; his son was Sandhi, and his son was Amarṣaṇa. / Mahasvān was his son, and from him Viśvabāhu was born.
7. Of Maru Prasusruta (Prasnuh, or, Susrutah) was born, his son was Sandhi, his son Amarshana (Marshana) and his son Mahasvat (Sumahan) of whom Visvasaahva was born.
9.12.8
tataḥ prasenajit tasmāt takṣako bhavitā punaḥ /
tato bṛhadbalo yastu pitrā te samare hataḥ //
From him came Prasenajit; from him Takṣaka will be born; / from him Bṛhadbala, who was killed in battle by your father.
8. Of this last Prasenajit was the son who will again be born as Takshaka; and his son was Brihatbala who was killed in battle by thy father.
9.12.9
ete hīkṣvākubhūpālā atītāḥ śṛṇv anāgatān /
bṛhadbalasya bhavitā putro nāmnā bṛhadraṇaḥ //
These are the past Ikṣvāku kings; hear now of those yet to come. / Bṛhadbala's son will be named Bṛhadraṇa.
9. & 10. These are the kings of Ikshvaku race in time past and now listen to the names of those that will be in time to come: Bhrihatbala will have a son named Brihadrana; his son will be Urukriya; (Urukhsata, or, Urukshaya) his son Vatsavriddha; his son Prithivyoma; his son Bhanu; his son Divaka; and his son Vahineepati.
9.12.10
ūrukriyaḥ sutastasya vatsavṛddho bhaviṣyati /
prativyomastato bhānurdivāko vāhinīpatiḥ //
Ūrukriya will be his son; Vatsavṛddha will be born; / Prativyoma after him, then Bhānu, Divāka, and Vāhinīpati.
9.12.11
sahadevastato vīro bṛhadaśvo 'tha bhānumān /
pratīkāśvo bhānumataḥ supratīko 'tha tatsutaḥ //
Then heroic Sahadeva, then Bṛhadaśva, then Bhānumān; / Pratīkāśva from Bhānumān, and Supratīka will be his son.
11. His son will be Sahadeva, the warrior; his son Brihadasva; then Bhanuman; then Prateekasva, then Suprateeka.
9.12.12
bhavitā marudevo 'tha sunakṣatro 'tha puṣkaraḥ /
tasyāntarikṣastatputraḥ sutapāstadamitrajit //
Then will be Marudeva, then Sunakṣatra, then Puṣkara; / his son will be Antarikṣa, his Sutapās, and his Amitrajit.
12. Then Marudeva (Merudeva) will be born; then Sunakshatra; then Puskara (Rikshaka, or, Rukshaka); his son will be Antariksha; his son Sutapas (Sutapta) and his son Amitajit.
9.12.13
bṛhadrājastu tasyāpi barhistasmāt kṛtañjayaḥ /
raṇañjayastasya sutaḥ sañjayo bhavitā tataḥ //
His [son] will be Bṛhadrāja, from him Barhis, and from him Kṛtañjaya; / his son will be Raṇañjaya, and from him Sañjaya will be born.
13. And his son will be Brihadraja; (Brihadbhoja or Brihadvaja) his son Barhis and his son Kritanjaya (Dhananjaya); his son Rananjaya and his son Sanjaya (Srunjaya).
9.12.14
tasmāc chākyo 'tha śuddhodo lāṅgalastatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tataḥ prasenajit tasmāt kṣudrako bhavitā tataḥ //
From him Śākya, then Śuddhoda, and Lāṅgala is remembered as his son; / then Prasenajit, from him Kṣudraka will come.
14. Then Sakya will be born; of him Suddhoda of whom Laangala will be born; then Prasenajit of whom Kshudraka will be born.
9.12.15
raṇako bhavitā tasmāt surathastanayastataḥ /
sumitro nāma niṣṭhānta ete bārhadbalānvayāḥ //
From him Raṇaka will be born, from him the son Suratha; / and Sumitra by name will be the last: these are the descendants of Bṛhadbala.
15. And of this last will be born Ranaka (Konaka); his son will be Suratha; his son Sumitra who will be the last of the line; and these are the kings to be born of Brihatbala’s line.
9.12.16
ikṣvākūṇāmayaṃ vaṃśaḥ sumitrānto bhaviṣyati /
yatastaṃ prāpya rājānaṃ saṃsthāṃ prāpsyati vai kalau //
This lineage of the Ikṣvākus will end with Sumitra; / for upon reaching that king, it will indeed come to an end in the Kali [age].
16. Thus the dynasty of Ikshvakus will terminate in Sumitra. When he becomes the king, Ikshvaku’s race will come to an end in the age of Kali.
Translations (2)
- The Srimad Bhagavatam — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (1)
- Śūdrakamalākara — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit