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Vishnupurana 4.18

Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 4.18

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4.18.1

parāśara uvāca:
yayāteś caturthasyaputrasyānoḥ sabhānaracakṣuparamekṣusaṃjñās trayaḥ putrā babhūvuḥ |
sabhānaraputraḥ kālānaraḥ kālānarāt sṛñjayaḥ sṛñjayāt puraṃjayaḥ |
tasmāj janamejayas tato mahāśālas tasmāc ca mahāmanāḥ |
tasmād apy uśīnaratitikṣū dvau putrāv utpannau |
uśīnarasyāpi śibinṛganarakṛmidarvākhyāḥ pañca putrā babhūvuḥ |
vṛṣadarbhasuvīrakaikeyamadrakāś catvāraḥ śibiputrāḥ |
titikṣor api ruśadrathaḥ putro 'bhūt |
tato 'pi hemo hemāt sutapās tasmād baliḥ |
yasya kṣetre dīrghatamasā aṅgavaṅgakaliṅgasuhyapauṇḍrākhyaṃ bāleyaṃ kṣatram ajanyata ||

ANU, the fourth son of Yayáti, had three sons, Sabhánara, Chákshusha, and Paramekshu. The son of the first was Kálánara; his son was Śrinjaya; his son was Puranjaya; his son was Janamejaya; his son was Mahámani; his son was Mahámanas, who had two sons, Uśínara and Titikshu. Uśínara had five sons, Śivi, Trińa, Gara, Krimi, Dárvan. Śivi had four sons, Vrishadarbha, Suvíra, Kaikeya, and Madra. Titikshu had one son, Ushadratha; his son was Hema; his son was Sutapas; his son was Bali, on whose wife five sons were begotten by Dírghatamas, or Anga, Banga, Kalinga, Suhma, and Puńd́ra; and their descendants, and the five countries they inhabited, were known by the same names.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

4.18.2

tannāmasaṃtatisaṃjñāś ca pañca viṣayāḥ babhūvuḥ |
aṅgasya tv anapānas tasyātmajo divirathas tasmād dharmarathaḥ |
tataś citraratho romapādasaṃjñaḥ |
yasya putro daśaratho jajñe |
yasmai ajaputro daśarathaḥ śāntāṃ nāma kanyām anapatyāya duhitṛtve yuyoja ||

ANU, the fourth son of Yayáti, had three sons, Sabhánara, Chákshusha, and Paramekshu. The son of the first was Kálánara; his son was Śrinjaya; his son was Puranjaya; his son was Janamejaya; his son was Mahámani; his son was Mahámanas, who had two sons, Uśínara and Titikshu. Uśínara had five sons, Śivi, Trińa, Gara, Krimi, Dárvan. Śivi had four sons, Vrishadarbha, Suvíra, Kaikeya, and Madra. Titikshu had one son, Ushadratha; his son was Hema; his son was Sutapas; his son was Bali, on whose wife five sons were begotten by Dírghatamas, or Anga, Banga, Kalinga, Suhma, and Puńd́ra; and their descendants, and the five countries they inhabited, were known by the same names.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

The son of Anga was Pára; his son was Divaratha; his son was Dharmaratha; his son was Chitraratha; his son was Romapáda, also called Daśaratha, to whom, being childless, Daśaratha, the son of Aja, gave his daughter Śántá to be adopted. After this, Romapáda had a son named Chaturanga; his son was Prithuláksha; his son was Champa, who founded the city of Champá. The son of Champa was Haryyanga; his son was Bhadraratha, who had two sons, Vrihatkarman and Vrihadratha. The son of the first was Vrihadbhánu; his son was Vrihanmanas; his son was Jayadratha, who, by a wife who was the daughter of a Kshatriya father and Brahmani mother, had a son named Vijaya;

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

4.18.4

romapādāc caturaṅgas tasmāc ca pṛthulākṣaḥ |
tataś campo yaś campāṃ niveśayām āsa |
campasya haryaṅgas tato bhadrarathas tato bṛhadrathas tato bṛhatkarmā bṛhatkarmaṇaś ca bṛhadbhānus tasmād bṛhanmanās tato jayadrathaḥ |
jayadratho brahmakṣatrāntarālasaṃbhūtyāṃ patnyāṃ vijayaṃ nāma putram ajījanat ||

The son of Anga was Pára; his son was Divaratha; his son was Dharmaratha; his son was Chitraratha; his son was Romapáda, also called Daśaratha, to whom, being childless, Daśaratha, the son of Aja, gave his daughter Śántá to be adopted. After this, Romapáda had a son named Chaturanga; his son was Prithuláksha; his son was Champa, who founded the city of Champá. The son of Champa was Haryyanga; his son was Bhadraratha, who had two sons, Vrihatkarman and Vrihadratha. The son of the first was Vrihadbhánu; his son was Vrihanmanas; his son was Jayadratha, who, by a wife who was the daughter of a Kshatriya father and Brahmani mother, had a son named Vijaya;

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

4.18.5

vijayaś ca dhṛtiṃ putram avāpa |
tasyāpi dhṛtavrataḥ putro 'bhūt |
dhṛtavratāt satyakarmā satyakarmaṇas tv adhirathaḥ |
yo 'sau gaṅgāṃ gato mañjūṣāgataṃ pṛthāpaviddhaṃ karṇaṃ putram avāpa |
karṇād vṛṣasena ity ete 'ṅgāḥ ||

his son was Dhriti; his son was Dhritavrata; his son was Satyakarman; his son was Adhiratha, who found Karna in a basket on the banks of the Ganges, where he had been exposed by his mother, Pritha. The son of Karńa was Vrishasena. These were the Anga kings. You shall next hear who were the descendants of Puru.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

4.18.6

ataś ca puror vaṃśaṃ śrotum arhasīti ||

his son was Dhriti; his son was Dhritavrata; his son was Satyakarman; his son was Adhiratha, who found Karna in a basket on the banks of the Ganges, where he had been exposed by his mother, Pritha. The son of Karńa was Vrishasena. These were the Anga kings. You shall next hear who were the descendants of Puru.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

4.18.6.p1

iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe caturthe 'ṃśe 'ṣṭadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

his son was Dhriti; his son was Dhritavrata; his son was Satyakarman; his son was Adhiratha, who found Karna in a basket on the banks of the Ganges, where he had been exposed by his mother, Pritha. The son of Karńa was Vrishasena. These were the Anga kings. You shall next hear who were the descendants of Puru.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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