Bhagavatapurana 9.23: atha trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

9.23.1

/0 śrīśuka uvāca
anoḥ sabhānaraścakṣuḥ pareṣṇuśca trayaḥ sutāḥ /
sabhānarāt kālanaraḥ sṛñjayastatsutastataḥ //

Śrī Śuka said: / Sabhānara, Cakṣus, and Pareṣṇu were the three sons of Anu. / From Sabhānara came Kālanara; his son was Sṛñjaya; then from him,

1. Sri Suka said:— Anu's sons were three, namely Sabhanara, Chakshus, and Paroksha; Sabhanara' son was Kalanara and his son Srinjaya.

9.23.2

janamejayastasya putro mahāśālo mahāmanāḥ /
uśīnarastitikṣuśca mahāmanasa ātmajau //

Janamejaya was his son, the great householder, Mahāmanas; / Uśīnara and Titikṣu were the two sons of Mahāmanas.

2. His son was Janamejaya; his son was Mahaseela; and his son Mahamanas; Useenara and Titikshu were the two sons of Mahamanas.

9.23.3

śibirvaraḥ kṛmirdakṣaścatvārośīnarātmajāḥ /
vṛṣādarbhaḥ sudhīraśca madraḥ kekaya ātmavān //

Śibi, Vana, Kṛmi, and Dakṣa were the four sons of Uśīnara; / Vṛṣādarbha, Sudhīra, Madra, and the self-controlled Kekaya [were the four sons]

3. Sibi, Vana, Sami, and Daksha were the four sons of Useenara; Vrishadarbha, Suveera, Madra and Kaikeya were the only four sons of Sibi.

9.23.4

śibeścatvāra evāsaṃstitikṣośca ruṣadrathaḥ /
tato homo 'tha sutapā baliḥ sutapaso 'bhavat //

of Śibi alone; and Titikṣu's [son] was Ruṣadratha; / then Homa, then Sutapas; Bali was the son of Sutapas.

4. Titikshu's son was Rusadratha and his son Hema; Hema's son Sutapa and his son Bali.

9.23.5

aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgādyāḥ suhmapuṇḍrauḍrasaṃjñitāḥ /
jajñire dīrghatamaso baleḥ kṣetre mahīkṣitaḥ //

Aṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, and others—known as Suhma, Puṇḍra, and Oḍra— / were rulers of the earth born of Dīrghatamas in Bali's field [by his wife].

5. From Bali of prolonged tapas by wife, Dheergatamas, were descended the races of Anga, Vanga, Kalinga and others, also those known as Suhmas, Pundras and Andhras.

9.23.6

cakruḥ svanāmnā viṣayān ṣaḍ imān prācyakāṃśca te /
khalapāno 'ṅgato jajñe tasmāddivirathastataḥ //

They named these six eastern regions after themselves. / Khalapāna was born from Aṅga, from him Diviratha; then

6. They established themselves in six eastern territories named after them; Khanapana was born of Anga, and of him Diviratha.

9.23.7

suto dharmaratho yasya jajñe citraratho 'prajāḥ /
romapāda iti khyātastasmai daśarathaḥ sakhā //

the son Dharmaratha, of whom was born the childless Citraratha, / known as Romapāda; to him his friend Daśaratha

7. His son was Dharmaratha and his son Chitraratha childless; he was known as Romapada and his friend was Dasaratha.

9.23.8

śāntāṃ svakanyāṃ prāyacchadṛṣyaśṛṅga uvāha yām /
deve 'varṣati yaṃ rāmā āninyurhariṇīsutam //

gave his own daughter, Śāntā, whom Ṛṣyaśṛṅga married. / When the god did not rain, women brought that son of a doe

8. He gave his daughter Santa in adoption to Romapada and Rishyasringa married her. When Indra withheld rain, beautiful women brought him (Rishyasringa) who was the son of Harini,

9.23.9

nāṭyasaṅgītavāditrairvibhramāliṅganārhaṇaiḥ /
sa tu rājño 'napatyasya nirūpyeṣṭiṃ marutvate //

with dance, music, instruments, playful gestures, embraces, and homages. / He, performing a sacrifice to the Marut-bearing Indra for the childless king,

9. By amusing him with their dancing and music, instrumental and vocal, and by their charming behaviour, embraces and presents. The Rishi superintended the Ishti, performed to propitiate Indra, of Dasaratha who had no issue, and bestowed the blessing of having an issue on Dasaratha.

9.23.10

prajāmadāddaśaratho yena lebhe 'prajāḥ prajāḥ /
caturaṅgo romapādāt pṛthulākṣastu tatsutaḥ //

bestowed offspring; by which childless Daśaratha obtained offspring. / Caturaṅga was from Romapāda, and Pṛthulākṣa his son.

10. By that blessing the childless king had issues. Romapada's son was Chaturanga and his son Pruthulaksha.

9.23.11

bṛhadratho bṛhatkarmā bṛhadbhānuśca tatsutāḥ /
ādyādbṛhanmanāstasmāj jayadratha udāhṛtaḥ //

Bṛhadratha, Bṛhatkarman, and Bṛhadbhānu were his sons; / from the first was Bṛhanmanas; from him Jayadratha is spoken of.

11. The last had three sons, Brihadratha, Brihadkarman and Brihadbhanu; the son of the eldest was Brihadmanas and his son is called Jayadratha.

9.23.12

vijayastasya sambhūtyāṃ tato dhṛtirajāyata /
tato dhṛtavratastasya satkarmādhirathastataḥ //

Vijaya was [born] to his [wife] Sambhūti; from him Dhṛti was born; / from him Dhṛtavrata; his son Satkarman; Adhiratha from him.

12. He had by Sambhuti a son called Vijaya of whom Dhriti was born; his son was Dhritavrata and his son Satkarma and his son Adhiratha.

9.23.13

yo 'sau gaṅgātaṭe krīḍan mañjūṣāntargataṃ śiśum /
kuntyāpaviddhaṃ kānīnamanapatyo 'karot sutam //

Who, playing on the bank of the Gaṅgā, made his son an infant found in a basket, / discarded by Kuntī, a maiden's child, as he was childless.

13. While sporting on the banks of the Ganges the last mentioned found a child in a box, abandoned by Kunti and born of her while yet a girl without attaining age. Being childless he brought him up as his son.

9.23.14

vṛṣasenaḥ sutastasya karṇasya jagatīpate /
druhyośca tanayo babhruḥ setustasyātmajastataḥ //

His son was Vṛṣasena, [the son] of Karṇa, O lord of the earth. / And Babhru was the son of Druhyu; Setu was his son after him.

14. Vrishasena was the son of that Karna who (also) became a king. Dhruhyu's son was Babru, his son Setu.

9.23.15

ārabdhastasya gāndhārastasya dharmastato dhṛtaḥ /
dhṛtasya durmadastasmāt pracetāḥ prācetasaḥ śatam //

His [son] was Ārabdha, his Gāndhāra, his Dharma, then Dhṛta; / of Dhṛta, Durmada; from him Pracetas; the sons of Pracetas were a hundred.

15. His son was Arabhda; his son Gandhara, his son Dharma, his son Dhruta, Dhruta's son Durmanas, his son Prachetas; the hundred sons of Pracheta became the leaders of Mlechchas and went away to the north.

9.23.16

mlecchādhipatayo 'bhūvannudīcīṃ diśamāśritāḥ /
turvasośca suto vahnirvahnerbhargo 'tha bhānumān //

They became rulers of barbarians, taking refuge in the northern direction. / And the son of Turvasu was Vahni; from Vahni, Bharga; then Bhānumān.

16. Turvasu's son was Vahni whose son was Bharga and his son Bhanuman.

9.23.17

tribhānustatsuto 'syāpi karandhama udāradhīḥ /
marutastatsuto 'putraḥ putraṃ pauravamanvabhūt //

His son was Tribhānu; his too was Karandhama of noble mind; / his son was the childless Marutta; he adopted a Paurava son,

17. His son Tribhanu and his son the noble-minded Karandhama; his son was Maruta who, being childless, regarded as his son Dushyanta of Pooru's family. 18. That Dushyanta again returned to his own line for the sake of the throne, O great king, the family of Yadu, the eldest of the sons of Yayati.

9.23.18

duṣmantaḥ sa punarbheje svavaṃśaṃ rājyakāmukaḥ /
yayāterjyeṣṭhaputrasya yadorvaṃśaṃ nararṣabha //

Duṣmanta; but, desiring a kingdom, he returned to his own lineage. / The lineage of Yadu, the eldest son of Yayāti, O best of men,

9.23.19

varṇayāmi mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇām /
yadorvaṃśaṃ naraḥ śrutvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate //

I shall describe—greatly purifying, destroying all sins of men. / Hearing the lineage of Yadu, a mortal is released from all sins;

19. I now describe the line of Yadu, the eldest son of Yayati, a line of great merit capable of removing all sins of men; for, a person having heard of Yadu's line, becomes absolved from all sins.

9.23.20

yatrāvatīrṇo bhagavān paramātmā narākṛtiḥ /
yadoḥ sahasrajit kroṣṭā nalo ripuriti śrutāḥ //

where the Lord, the Supreme Self, descended in human form. / Yadu had Sahasrajit, Kroṣṭu, Nala, and Ripu, famous

20. In this line the Almighty Lord appeared in a human form. Yadu had four sons known as Sahasrajit, Kroshta, Nala and Ripu.

9.23.21

catvāraḥ sūnavastatra śatajit prathamātmajaḥ /
mahāhayo reṇuhayo haihayaśceti tatsutāḥ //

as four sons; among them, Śatajit was the first-born. / Mahāhaya, Reṇuhaya, and Haihaya were his sons.

21. Sathajit was the son of the eldest and he had three sons called Mahahaya, Venuhaya, and Haihaya.

9.23.22

dharmastu haihayasuto netraḥ kunteḥ pitā tataḥ /
sohañjirabhavat kuntermahiṣmān bhadrasenakaḥ //

Dharma was the son of Haihaya; Netra, father of Kunti, from him; / Sohañji was [the son] of Kunti; Mahiṣmān, Bhadrasenaka.

22. Haihaya's son was Dharma and his son Netra who was the father of Kunti; Kunti's son was Sohanji; his son was Mahishman and his son Badhrasena.

9.23.23

durmado bhadrasenasya dhanakaḥ kṛtavīryasūḥ /
kṛtāgniḥ kṛtavarmā ca kṛtaujā dhanakātmajāḥ //

Durmada was [the son] of Bhadrasena; Dhanaka was the progenitor of Kṛtavīrya; / Kṛtāgni, Kṛtavarman, and Kṛtaujas were sons of Dhanaka.

23. His sons were Durmada and Dhanaka, the father of Kritaveerya, Kritagni, Kritavarman and Kritaujas.

9.23.24

arjunaḥ kṛtavīryasya saptadvīpeśvaro 'bhavat /
dattātreyāddhareraṃśāt prāptayogamahāguṇaḥ //

Arjuna was [the son] of Kṛtavīrya, who became ruler of the seven continents, / having obtained the great qualities of yoga from Dattātreya, a portion of Hari.

24. Kritaveerya's son Arjuna became the ruler of the seven continents and he attained great merit of Yoga which he learnt from Dattatreya, an amsa of Hari.

9.23.25

na nūnaṃ kārtavīryasya gatiṃ yāsyanti pārthivāḥ /
yajñadānatapoyogaiḥ śrutavīryadayādibhiḥ //

Truly kings will not attain the status of the son of Kṛtavīrya / by sacrifices, gifts, asceticism, yoga, scriptural knowledge, valor, mercy, and other virtues.

25. Certainly other kings will not (cannot) take the course of Kritaveerya in respect of sacrifices, charitable gifts, tapas, yoga, learning, energy, victory and other glorious attributes.

9.23.26

pañcāśīti sahasrāṇi hyavyāhatabalaḥ samāḥ /
anaṣṭavittasmaraṇo bubhuje 'kṣayyaṣaḍvasu //

For eighty-five thousand years, with unimpeded strength, / with undiminished wealth and memory, he enjoyed the six inexhaustible treasures.

26. For eighty-five thousand years with undiminished strength, [and remembering Hari, always governed the kingdom] he enjoyed inexhaustible objects of the six senses without loss of wealth or memory.

9.23.27

tasya putrasahasreṣu pañcaivorvaritā mṛdhe /
jayadhvajaḥ śūraseno vṛṣabho madhurūrjitaḥ //

Among his thousand sons, only five remained in battle: / Jayadhvaja, Śūrasena, Vṛṣabha, Madhu, and Ūrjita.

27. Of his thousand sons only five were left alive in battle namely Jayadhwaja, Surasena, Vrishabha, Madhu and Urjita.

9.23.28

jayadhvajāt tālajaṅghastasya putraśataṃ tv abhūt /
kṣatraṃ yat tālajaṅghākhyamaurvatejopasaṃhṛtam //

From Jayadhvaja came Tālajaṅgha, whose sons were a hundred; / the kṣatriya clan called Tālajaṅghas was destroyed by the fiery might of Aurva.

28. Jayadhwaja's son was Talajangha who had a hundred sons; the Kshatriya line known as Talajangha was brought to a close by the power of Aurva (through Sagara).

9.23.29

teṣāṃ jyeṣṭho vītihotro vṛṣṇiḥ putro madhoḥ smṛtaḥ /
tasya putraśataṃ tv āsīdvṛṣṇijyeṣṭhaṃ yataḥ kulam //

The eldest of them was Vītihotra; Vṛṣṇi is remembered as the son of Madhu; / he indeed had a hundred sons, among whom Vṛṣṇi was the eldest, from whom the family [takes its name].

29. Of the sons of Talajangha Vitihotra was the eldest; (his son was Vrishni and his son Madhu) his son was Madhu who had a hundred sons of whom Vrishni was the eldest from whom the line extended and became famous.

9.23.30

mādhavā vṛṣṇayo rājan yādavāśceti saṃjñitāḥ /
yaduputrasya ca kroṣṭoḥ putro vṛjinavāṃstataḥ //

Known as Mādhavas, Vṛṣṇis, and Yādavas, O king. / From Kroṣṭu, the son of Yadu, was born the son Vṛjinavat; from him,

30. O king, they are therefore known as Madhavas, Vrishnis and Yadavas. Yadu's son Kroshtu had a son called Vrijinavan.

9.23.31

svāhito 'to viṣadgurvai tasya citrarathastataḥ /
śaśabindurmahāyogī mahābhāgo mahān abhūt //

came Svāhita, and from him Viṣadgu; Citraratha was his son. From him / arose Śaśabindu, a great yogin, highly fortunate and great,

31. His son was Svahi, his son Aruseku, his son Chitraratha, his son Sasabindu, the great Yogin, of great parts, & the great (by his qualities.

9.23.32

caturdaśamahāratnaścakravartyaparājitaḥ /
tasya patnīsahasrāṇāṃ daśānāṃ sumahāyaśāḥ //

a universal monarch possessing the fourteen great treasures, undefeated. / Of his ten thousand wives, he of very great renown

32. He was in possession of the fourteen excellent jewels and was an invincible emperor of great glory; and he had ten thousand wives.

9.23.33

daśalakṣasahasrāṇi putrāṇāṃ tāsv ajījanat /
teṣāṃ tu ṣaṭ pradhānānāṃ pṛthuśravasa ātmajaḥ //

begot upon them a million sons. / Among them six were foremost; the son of Pṛthuśravas,

33. And by them he had ten lacs of thousands of sons; of them six were important; and of these six, the son of Prithusravas was Dharma.

9.23.34

dharmo nāmośanā tasya hayamedhaśatasya yāṭ /
tatsuto rucakastasya pañcāsannātmajāḥ śṛṇu //

the foremost [among them], was named Dharma; his [son was] Uśanas, who performed a hundred horse sacrifices. / His son was Rucaka; he had five sons—hear of them:

34. Dharma’s son was Usana who performed one hundred Asvamedha sacrifices; his son was Ruchaka who had five sons; listen (to this description, O king).

9.23.35

purujidrukmarukmeṣu pṛthujyāmaghasaṃjñitāḥ /
jyāmaghastv aprajo 'pyanyāṃ bhāryāṃ śaibyāpatirbhayāt //

Purujit, Rukma, Rukmeṣu, Pṛthu, and Jyāmagha by name. / Jyāmagha, though childless, out of fear did not take another wife,

35. They are Purujit, Rukma, Rukmeshu, Pruthu and Jayamagha; and Jayamagha, who had married Saibhya, was childless and could not take another woman to wife as he was afraid of the first wife.

9.23.36

nāvindac chatrubhavanādbhojyāṃ kanyāmahāraṣīt /
rathasthāṃ tāṃ nirīkṣyāha śaibyā patimamarṣitā //

as the husband of Śaibyā. From an enemy’s dwelling he carried off a Bhoja maiden. / Seeing her standing in the chariot, Śaibyā, indignant, said to her husband:

36. & 37. He brought a girl of the Bhoja family from the enemy’s house; but Saibhya saw her on the chariot and in anger, said to her husband. “Who is this girl, O deceitful one, who is given my place in the chariot? On being replied to, “This is thy daughter-in-law”, she smiled and said to her husband.

9.23.37

keyaṃ kuhaka matsthānaṃ rathamāropiteti vai /
snuṣā tavetyabhihite smayantī patimabravīt //

‘Who is this woman, you deceiver, who has been placed in my chariot?’ / When he replied, ‘She is your daughter-in-law,’ she smiled and said to her husband:

9.23.38

ahaṃ bandhyāsapatnī ca snuṣā me yujyate katham /
janayiṣyasi yaṃ rājñi tasyeyamupayujyate //

‘I am barren and have no co-wife; how can she be suitable as my daughter-in-law?’ / ‘O queen, she is suitable for him whom you will bring forth.’

38. I am barren; there is no co-wife; how could there be a daughter-in-law to me. The king said, this will be for the son yet to be born of thee.

9.23.39

anvamodanta tadviśve devāḥ pitara eva ca /
śaibyā garbhamadhāt kāle kumāraṃ suṣuve śubham /
sa vidarbha iti prokta upayeme snuṣāṃ satīm //

The Viśvedevas and the ancestors approved of that. / In due course Śaibyā conceived and gave birth to an auspicious boy. / He was called Vidarbha, and he married the virtuous daughter-in-law.

39. This utterance of the king, Visvedevas and Pitris approved saying “Amen.” In time Saibhya conceived and was delivered of a splendid son; he was called Vidarbha and married the chaste young woman already appointed as daughter-in-law.