Bhagavatapurana 9.22: atha dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

9.22.1

/0 śrīśuka uvāca
mitrāyuśca divodāsāc cyavanastatsuto nṛpa /
sudāsaḥ sahadevo 'tha somako jantujanmakṛt //

Śrī Śuka said: / And from Divodāsa came Mitrāyu; his son was Cyavana, O king; / [his son was] Sudāsa, then Sahadeva, and Somaka, who gave birth to Jantu.

1. Sri Suka said:— Devodasa's son was Maitreya; his son was Chyavana, O King, his son Sudasa; his son Sahadeva; his son Somaka, the father of Jantu.

9.22.2

tasya putraśataṃ teṣāṃ yavīyān pṛṣataḥ sutaḥ /
sa tasmāddrupado jajñe sarvasampatsamanvitaḥ /
drupadāddraupadī tasya dhṛṣṭadyumnādayaḥ sutāḥ //

He had a hundred sons; the youngest son among them was Pṛṣata. / From him was born Drupada, endowed with all fortune; / from Drupada came Draupadī, and his sons were Dhṛṣṭadyumna and others.

2. Somaka had a hundred sons of whom the youngest was Prishata; his son was Drupada; he had a daughter called Draupadi and sons called Dhrishtadyumna and others.

9.22.3

dhṛṣṭadyumnāddhṛṣṭaketurbhārmyāḥ pāñcālakā ime /
yo 'jamīḍhasuto hyanya ṛkṣaḥ saṃvaraṇastataḥ //

From Dhṛṣṭadyumna came Dhṛṣṭaketu. These are the Pañcālas, descendants of Bharmyāśva. / The other son of Ajamīḍha was Ṛkṣa; from him came Saṃvaraṇa.

3. Dhrishtadyumna's son was Dhrishtaketu; and these with the descendants of Bharmya are the Panchalakas. Ajamadha had another son called Riksha, of whom Samvarana was born.

9.22.4

tapatyāṃ sūryakanyāyāṃ kurukṣetrapatiḥ kuruḥ /
parīkṣiḥ sudhanurjahnurniṣadhaśca kuroḥ sutāḥ //

In Tapatī, the daughter of the Sun, [he begat] Kuru, the lord of Kurukṣetra. / Parīkṣi, Sudhanus, Jahnu, and Niṣadha were the sons of Kuru.

4. Of Samvarana by Tapati, daughter of Surya, was born Kuru, the lord of Kurukshetra who had four sons named Parikshit, Sudhanus, Jahnu, Nishadhasva. 5. The son of Sudhanusha, Suhotra, his son Chyavana; his son Kriti; and his son was Uparicharavasu whose sons were Brihadratha and others.

9.22.5

suhotro 'bhūt sudhanuṣaścyavano 'tha tataḥ kṛtī /
vasustasyoparicaro bṛhadrathamukhāstataḥ //

Suhotra was the son of Sudhanus; then Cyavana; from him Kṛtī; / his son was Vasu, Uparicara; from him came those headed by Bṛhadratha,

9.22.6

kuśāmbamatsyapratyagra cedipādyāśca cedipāḥ /
bṛhadrathāt kuśāgro 'bhūdṛṣabhastasya tatsutaḥ //

Kuśāmba, Matsya, Pratyagra, and the kings of Cedi headed by Cedipa. / From Bṛhadratha came Kuśāgra; his son was Ṛṣabha; his son,

6. & 7. Kusamba, Matsya, Prathyagra, Chedipa and others, kings of Chedi country were his sons; of Bhrihadratha Kusagra was born; his son was Rishabha; his son Satyahita; his son Puspawan and his son Jahu; by another wife Bhridadratha had two parts born to him.

9.22.7

jajñe satyahito 'patyaṃ puṣpavāṃstatsuto jahuḥ /
anyasyāmapi bhāryāyāṃ śakale dve bṛhadrathāt //

Satyahita, was born; his son was Puṣpavant; his son was Jahu. / But in another wife, two halves were born from Bṛhadratha,

9.22.8

ye mātrā bahirutsṛṣṭe jarayā cābhisandhite /
jīva jīveti krīḍantyā jarāsandho 'bhavat sutaḥ //

which, cast out by the mother, were joined together by Jarā, / who, playing, said, "Live! Live!" Thus the son was named Jarāsandha.

8. Those two parts were cast away by the mother, but united by Jara who sported with them, saying "Live, live": thus the son Jarasandha was born.

9.22.9

tataśca sahadevo 'bhūt somāpiryac chrutaśravāḥ /
parīkṣiranapatyo 'bhūt suratho nāma jāhnavaḥ //

And from him came Sahadeva; Somāpi; from him Śrutaśravas. / Parīkṣi was childless. Jahnu had a son named Suratha;

9. & 10. His son was Sahadeva; and his son Somapi whose son was Srutasravas. Parikshit was childless and Suratha was the son of Jahnu; his son was Viduratha and his son Sarvabhouma; his son Jayasena; his son Radhika and his son was Ayuta.

9.22.10

tato vidūrathastasmāt sārvabhaumastato 'bhavat /
jayasenastattanayo rādhiko 'to 'yutāyv abhūt //

from him came Vidūratha; from him was born Sārvabhauma; / Jayasena was his son; from him came Rādhika; from him Ayutāyus.

9.22.11

tataścākrodhanastasmāddevātithiramuṣya ca /
ṛkṣastasya dilīpo 'bhūt pratīpastasya cātmajaḥ //

And from him came Akrodhana; from him Devātithi; / his son was Ṛkṣa; his son was Dilīpa; and Pratīpa was his son.

11. Ayuta's son was Krodhana whose son was Devatithi who had a son called Rishya; his son was Deelipa and his son Prateepa.

9.22.12

devāpiḥ śāntanustasya bāhlīka iti cātmajāḥ /
pitṛrājyaṃ parityajya devāpistu vanaṃ gataḥ //

His sons were Devāpi, Śāntanu, and Bāhlīka. / But Devāpi, renouncing his father's kingdom, went to the forest.

12. His sons were Devapi, Santanu and Balhika. Devapi gave up the ancestral kingdom and went to the forest.

9.22.13

abhavac chāntanū rājā prāṅ mahābhiṣasaṃjñitaḥ /
yaṃ yaṃ karābhyāṃ spṛśati jīrṇaṃ yauvanameti saḥ //

Śāntanu became king, who was previously known as Mahābhiṣa. / Whomever he touches with his two hands, [even] aged, attains youth,

13. Santanu who bore the name of Mahabisha in a previous life, became the king; whomsoever he touched with his hands, would turn into a youthful man if he were in old age.

9.22.14

śāntimāpnoti caivāgryāṃ karmaṇā tena śāntanuḥ /
samā dvādaśa tadrājye na vavarṣa yadā vibhuḥ //

and obtains supreme peace (śānti); hence, by that deed, he was Śāntanu. / When the Lord did not send rain in his kingdom for twelve years,

14. And that person attained complete cure (of all his ailment) and on account of this (virtue) he was called Santanu. When Indra did not send down rain on his kingdom for twelve years together,

9.22.15

śāntanurbrāhmaṇairuktaḥ parivettāyamagrabhuk /
rājyaṃ dehyagrajāyāśu purarāṣṭravivṛddhaye //

Śāntanu was told by the brāhmaṇas: "He is a younger brother who has married or reigned before the elder (parivettṛ), an enjoyer of what belongs to the firstborn. / Give the kingdom quickly to your elder brother for the prosperity of the city and realm."

15. Santanu was told by brahmins that he, being the younger, unjustly enjoyed the kingdom first; he should soon give it up to the firstborn (eldest brother) for the prosperity of his city and kingdom.

9.22.16

evamukto dvijairjyeṣṭhaṃ chandayāmāsa so 'bravīt /
tanmantriprahitairviprairvedādvibhraṃśito girā //

Thus addressed by the twice-born, he entreated his eldest brother. He replied, / having been led astray from the Veda by the words of brāhmaṇas sent by his minister.

16. & 17. Thus advised by the brahmins he conciliated the eldest brother and requested him to assume the kingdom; but Devapi, who had been already made to stray from the path of the Vedas by the brahmins sent by his ministers, spoke impeaching the Vedas and the Vedic religion; then Indra sent down showers. Devapi having taken to the yoga course took up his adode in the village of Kalapa.

9.22.17

vedavādātivādān vai tadā devo vavarṣa ha /
devāpiryogamāsthāya kalāpagrāmamāśritaḥ //

When he spoke words contrary to the Veda, the god [Indra] then indeed rained. / Devāpi, having resorted to yoga, settled in the village of Kalāpa.

9.22.18

somavaṃśe kalau naṣṭe kṛtādau sthāpayiṣyati /
bāhlīkāt somadatto 'bhūdbhūrirbhūriśravāstataḥ //

When the Lunar dynasty is lost in the Kali age, he will re-establish it at the beginning of the Kṛta age. / From Bāhlīka came Somadatta; then Bhūri, Bhūriśravas,

18. When the lunar race is to be out off in the kaliyuga, he will again establish it at the commencement of the kritayuga. Balhika's son was Somadatta who had three sons, named Bhuri, Bhurisravas and Sala.

9.22.19

śalaśca śāntanorāsīdgaṅgāyāṃ bhīṣma ātmavān /
sarvadharmavidāṃ śreṣṭho mahābhāgavataḥ kaviḥ //

and Śala. And to Śāntanu by Gaṅgā was born Bhīṣma, master of his self, / the foremost among knowers of all dharma, a great Bhāgavata, and a sage;

19. & 20. Santanu had by Ganga a son called Bhishma who, possessed of self-control, was foremost among those who knew dharma; he, a great devotee of Sri Hari, a wise and learned man, also the foremost warrior by whom even Parasurama was gratified in the art of fighting. Santanu had by a fisher-woman a son called Chitrangada.

9.22.20

vīrayūthāgraṇīryena rāmo 'pi yudhi toṣitaḥ /
śāntanordāsakanyāyāṃ jajñe citrāṅgadaḥ sutaḥ //

the leader of bands of heroes, by whom even Rāma was pleased in battle. / To Śāntanu, in the daughter of the fisherman, was born a son, Citrāṅgada,

9.22.21

vicitravīryaścāvarajo nāmnā citrāṅgado hataḥ /
yasyāṃ parāśarāt sākṣādavatīrṇo hareḥ kalā //

and Vicitravīrya was his younger brother. Citrāṅgada was killed by one of the same name. / In her, directly from Parāśara, was incarnated a portion of Hari,

21. And also a younger son called Vichitraveerya; Chitrangada was killed in battle by a Gandharva of the same name. Of the same fisher-woman Parasara, a direct amsa of Hari, appeared as the son (called Krishnadvaipayana).

9.22.22

vedagupto muniḥ kṛṣṇo yato 'hamidamadhyagām /
hitvā svaśiṣyān pailādīn bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ //

the sage Kṛṣṇa [Dvaipāyana], the protector of the Vedas, from whom I learned this [work]. / Leaving aside his own disciples, Paila and others, the Lord Bādarāyaṇa

22. —The sage Krishna (Dwaipayana), protector of the Vedas, from whom I learned this. In preference to his disciples, Pila and others, the glorious Badarayana taught this most secret Bhagavata to me, his son possessed of a serene mind.

9.22.23

mahyaṃ putrāya śāntāya paraṃ guhyamidaṃ jagau /
vicitravīryo 'thovāha kāśīrājasute balāt //

proclaimed this supreme secret to me, his peaceful son. / Then Vicitravīrya married by force the two daughters of the king of Kāśī,

23. & 24. Then Vichitraveerya under compulsion married two daughters of Kasirajah, Ambika, and Ambalika, gained in a swayamvara (by Bhishma), but being too much attached in his heart to them, Vichitraveerya suffered from pthysis and died.

9.22.24

svayaṃvarādupānīte ambikāmbālike ubhe /
tayorāsaktahṛdayo gṛhīto yakṣmaṇā mṛtaḥ //

Ambikā and Ambālikā, brought away from the svayaṃvara. / With his heart deeply attached to the two, he was seized by consumption and died.

9.22.25

kṣetre 'prajasya vai bhrāturmātrokto bādarāyaṇaḥ /
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca pāṇḍuṃ ca viduraṃ cāpyajījanat //

In the field of his childless brother, when urged by his mother, Bādarāyaṇa / fathered Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and also Vidura.

25. On the wife of his brother who died childless Badarayana, as requested by his mother, begot three sons, Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura.

9.22.26

gāndhāryāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya jajñe putraśataṃ nṛpa /
tatra duryodhano jyeṣṭho duḥśalā cāpi kanyakā //

To Dhṛtarāṣṭra in Gāndhārī was born a hundred sons, O king; / among them Duryodhana was the eldest, and there was also a daughter, Duḥśalā.

26. By Gandhari Dhritarashtra had one hundred sons, O king, of whom Duryodhana was the eldest and also a daughter called Dussala.

9.22.27

śāpān maithunaruddhasya pāṇḍoḥ kuntyāṃ mahārathāḥ /
jātā dharmānilendrebhyo yudhiṣṭhiramukhāstrayaḥ //

To Pāṇḍu, who was restrained from sexual union by a curse, three great chariot-warriors headed by Yudhiṣṭhira / were born in Kuntī from Dharma, the Wind-god, and Indra.

27. To Pandu prevented by a curse from having sexual intercourse, three great warriors, Yudhishtira and others, were born of Kunti by the favour of the gods, Dharma, Vayu and Indra.

9.22.28

nakulaḥ sahadevaśca mādryāṃ nāsatyadasrayoḥ /
draupadyāṃ pañca pañcabhyaḥ putrāste pitaro 'bhavan //

Nakula and Sahadeva were born in Mādrī from Nāsatya and Dasra. / In Draupadī, those fathers had five sons from the five [brothers]:

28. Nakula and Sahadeva were born of Madri through the grace of Aswins; and these five brothers had five sons by Draupadi, who did not (in their turn) become fathers. (who were Pitris in their previous life D.)

9.22.29

yudhiṣṭhirāt prativindhyaḥ śrutaseno vṛkodarāt /
arjunāc chrutakīrtistu śatānīkastu nākuliḥ //

from Yudhiṣṭhira was Prativindhya; Śrutasena from Vṛkodara; / Śrutakīrti from Arjuna; and Śatānīka was Nakula's son;

29. Yudhishtira’s son was Prativindhya, Bhimasena’s son Srutasena, Arjuna’s son Srutakirti, and Nakula’s son Sataneeka.

9.22.30

sahadevasuto rājan chrutakarmā tathāpare /
yudhiṣṭhirāt tu pauravyāṃ devako 'tha ghaṭotkacaḥ //

Sahadeva's son, O king, was Śrutakarman; and there were others: / to Yudhiṣṭhira in Pauravī was born Devaka; then Ghaṭotkaca

30 & 31. Sahadeva’s son was Srutakarman, O king. There were also other sons of Pandavas. Yudhishtira had Devaka by Pauravi, Bhimasena Ghatotkacha by Hidimba and by Kali he had another called Sarvagata. Vijaya the daughter of Parvata bore Suhotra to Sahadeva.

9.22.31

bhīmasenāddhiḍimbāyāṃ kālyāṃ sarvagatastataḥ /
sahadevāt suhotraṃ tu vijayāsūta pārvatī //

from Bhīmasena in Hiḍimbā; then Sarvagata in Kālī; / while Vijayā, the daughter of the mountain king, bore Suhotra from Sahadeva.

9.22.32

kareṇumatyāṃ nakulo naramitraṃ tathārjunaḥ /
irāvantamulupyāṃ vai sutāyāṃ babhruvāhanam /
maṇipurapateḥ so 'pi tatputraḥ putrikāsutaḥ //

In Kareṇumatī, Nakula [begot] Naramitra; and likewise Arjuna / [begot] Irāvat in Ulupī, and Babhruvāhana in the daughter / of the king of Maṇipura; he also became his son, an appointed daughter's son.

32. By Karenumati Nakula had Niramitra; and so Arjuna had Iravan by Uloopi and Babhruvahana by the daughter of the king of Manipora; but this Babhruvahana was adopted by his maternal grandfather as his son.

9.22.33

tava tātaḥ subhadrāyāmabhimanyurajāyata /
sarvātirathajidvīra uttarāyāṃ tato bhavān //

Your father, Abhimanyu, was born to Subhadrā, / a hero who conquered all great chariot-warriors; from him, you [were born] to Uttarā.

33. And thy father Abhimanyu (Arjuna's son) was born of Subhadra; he was a warrior that vanquished all the great warriors called Atirathas and thou art born of Abhimanyu and Uttara.

9.22.34

parikṣīṇeṣu kuruṣu drauṇerbrahmāstratejasā /
tvaṃ ca kṛṣṇānubhāvena sajīvo mocito 'ntakāt //

When the Kurus had perished by the fiery power of the son of Droṇa's Brahmā-weapon, / you too were delivered alive from death by the majesty of Kṛṣṇa.

34. When the members of the Kuru family were destroyed by the power of Asvatthaman's Brahmastra, thou wast rescued alive from Yama by Sri Krishna's supreme power.

9.22.35

taveme tanayāstāta janamejayapūrvakāḥ /
śrutaseno bhīmasena ugrasenaśca vīryavān //

These are your sons, O dear one, headed by Janamejaya: / Śrutasena, Bhīmasena, and the valiant Ugrasena.

35. And these are thy sons, O child, Janamejaya and others namely, Srutasena, Bhimasena, Ugrasena the heroic.

9.22.36

janamejayastvāṃ viditvā takṣakān nidhanaṃ gatam /
sarpān vai sarpayāgāgnau sa hoṣyati ruṣānvitaḥ //

Janamejaya, learning that you have met your death from Takṣaka, / will offer snakes into the fire of a snake sacrifice, filled with rage.

36. On knowing of thy end at the hands of Takshaka, Janamejaya, from anger, will make serpents fall into the fire of his serpent sacrifices.

9.22.37

kālaṣeyaṃ purodhāya turaṃ turagamedhaṣāṭ /
samantāt pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ jitvā yakṣyati cādhvaraiḥ //

Making Tura, son of Kalaṣa, his high priest, he, a performer of horse sacrifices, / having conquered the entire earth on every side, will worship with sacrifices.

37. After conquering the earth on all sides, for his priest he will take Tura of Kausha Gotra and perform Aswamedha as well as other sacrifices.

9.22.38

tasya putraḥ śatānīko yājñavalkyāt trayīṃ paṭhan /
astrajñānaṃ kriyājñānaṃ śaunakāt parameṣyati //

His son Śatānīka, studying the triple Veda from Yājñavalkya / [and] the knowledge of weapons, will attain the highest knowledge of rites from Śaunaka.

38. His son Sataneeka will learn the three Vedas and obtain a knowledge of religious duties from Yajnavalkya; the knowledge of the Supreme Self from Sarnaka; and skill in the use of missiles under Kripacharya.

9.22.39

sahasrānīkastatputrastataścaivāśvamedhajaḥ /
asīmakṛṣṇastasyāpi nemicakrastu tatsutaḥ //

His son will be Sahasrānīka, and from him Aśvamedhaja; / his [son] will be Asīmakṛṣṇa, and Nemicakra his son.

39. His son will be Sahasraneeka and his son Aswamedhaja; his son Aseemakrishna (Visrambha Krishna) and his son Nemichakra (Nischakra).

9.22.40

gajāhvaye hṛte nadyā kauśāmbyāṃ sādhu vatsyati /
uktastataścitrarathastasmāc chucirathaḥ sutaḥ //

When Gajavāhya is swept away by the river, he will dwell comfortably in Kauśāmbī; / then Citraratha is mentioned; from him the son will be Śuciratha.

40. When Hastinapura is to be washed away by the river, he will dwell in Kausambi; Nemichakra's son will be Chitraratha, his son Kaviratha (Suratha).

9.22.41

tasmāc ca vṛṣṭimāṃstasya suṣeṇo 'tha mahīpatiḥ /
sunīthastasya bhavitā nṛcakṣuryat sukhīnalaḥ //

From him, Vṛṣṭimān, and his [son] the king Suṣeṇa; / his [son] will be Sunītha; from whom Nṛcakṣus, from whom Sukhīnala.

41. Kaviratha's son will be Vrishtiman; his son Sushena; his son Mahipati; his son Suneetha; his son Nrichaksha whose son will be Sukheenala.

9.22.42

pariplavaḥ sutastasmān medhāvī sunayātmajaḥ /
nṛpañjayastato dūrvastimistasmāj janiṣyati //

Pariplava is his son; from him Sunaya's son, Medhāvin; / from him Nṛpañjaya, then Dūrva; from him Timi will be born.

42. His son Pariplava; his son Sunaya and his son Medhavi; his son Nripanjaya; his son Durva; and his son Timi.

9.22.43

timerbṛhadrathastasmāc chatānīkaḥ sudāsajaḥ /
śatānīkāddurdamanastasyāpatyaṃ mahīnaraḥ //

From Timi, Bṛhadratha; from him Śatānīka, born of Sudāsa; / from Śatānīka, Durdamana; his child, Mahīnara.

43. Timi's son will be Brahadratha and his son Sudasa and his son Sataneeka, his son Durdamana and his son will be Bahinara.

9.22.44

daṇḍapāṇirnimistasya kṣemako bhavitā yataḥ /
brahmakṣatrasya vai yonirvaṃśo devarṣisatkṛtaḥ //

Daṇḍapāṇi, Nimi, and his [son] Kṣemaka will be [born], with whom / this lineage, the source of brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas, honored by divine seers, [will end].

44. Dandapani, Nimi, and Kshemaka will be next in order. (Thus) the line of Brahmin Kshatriyas, (i.e.,) the lunar race highly regarded by the gods and Rishis, has been (thus) described.

9.22.45

kṣemakaṃ prāpya rājānaṃ saṃsthāṃ prāpsyati vai kalau /
atha māgadharājāno bhāvino ye vadāmi te //

Reaching King Kṣemaka, it will indeed reach its end in the Kali [age]. / Now I will tell you of the future kings of Magadha.

45. When Kshemaka becomes the king, the family (race) will come to an end in the age of Kali; [by repeating the names of these many a sin is removed]: next I (shall) tell thee of the future kings of Magadha family.

9.22.46

bhavitā sahadevasya mārjāriryac chrutaśravāḥ /
tato yutāyustasyāpi niramitro 'tha tatsutaḥ //

Mārjāri will be [the son] of Sahadeva, from whom [will come] Śrutaśravas; / then Yutāyu, his [son]; then Niramitra his son.

46. & 47. Sahadeva will have a son called Marjari whose son will be Srutasravas; his son Ayutayu; his son Niramitra; his son Sunakshatra, whose son will be Bhrihatsena, the father of Karmajit; then Suchi will be born of Vipra, the son of Sritanjaya.

9.22.47

sunakṣatraḥ sunakṣatrādbṛhatseno 'tha karmajit /
tataḥ sutañjayādvipraḥ śucistasya bhaviṣyati //

Sunakṣatra; from Sunakṣatra, Bṛhatsena, then Karmajit; / then from Sutañjaya, the brāhmaṇa Śuci will be his [son].

9.22.48

kṣemo 'tha suvratastasmāddharmasūtraḥ samastataḥ /
dyumatseno 'tha sumatiḥ subalo janitā tataḥ //

Kṣema, then Suvrata; from him Dharmasūtra, then Sama; / Dyumatsena, then Sumati, Subala will be born after.

48. His son will be Kshema, his Suvratha and his son Dharmasutra and his son Sama, his son Dyumatsena; his son Sumati and his son Subala.

9.22.49

sunīthaḥ satyajidatha viśvajidyadripuñjayaḥ /
bārhadrathāśca bhūpālā bhāvyāḥ sāhasravatsaram //

Sunītha, then Satyajit, Viśvajit, from whom Ripuñjaya; / these kings, descendants of Bṛhadratha, will rule for a thousand years.

49. Suneetha, then Satyajit, then Visvajit, then Ripunjaya will form the links of the line; the kings of Bhrihatratha line will reign for a thousand years.