Vishnupurana 4.24.11
Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 4.24.11
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4.24.11
devabhūtiṃ tu śuṅgarājānaṃ vyasaninaṃ tasyaivāmātyaḥ kaṇvo vasudevanāmā nipātya svayam avanīṃ bhokṣyate |
tasya putro bhūmitras tasyāpi nārāyaṇaḥ |
nārāyaṇasyātmajaḥ suśarmā |
ete kāṇvāyanāś catvāraḥ pañcacatvāriṃśad varṣāṇi bhūpatayo bhaviṣyanti |
suśarmāṇaṃ tu kāṇvaṃ svabhṛtyo balāt śiprakanāmā hatvāndhrajātīyo vasudhāṃ bhokṣyati |
tataś ca kṛṣṇanāmā tadbhrātā bhūpatir bhāvī |
tasya putraḥ śrīśātakarṇis tasyāpi pūrṇotsaṅgas tatputraś ca śātakarṇis tasmāc ca lambodaras tasmād divīlakas tato meghasvātis tataḥ paṭumān |
tataś cāriṣṭakarmā tato hālo hālāt pattalakas tataḥ pravilla senas tataḥ sundaraḥ śātakarṇī tasmāc cakoraḥ śātakarṇī tataḥ śivasvātis tataś ca gomatīputras tatputraḥ pulimān |
tasyāpi śātakarṇī tataḥ śivaśrīs tataḥ śivaskandhaḥ |
tasmād yajñaśrīs tato vijayas tataś candraśrīs tasyāpi pulomāviḥ |
evam ete triṃśac catvāry abdaśatāni ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikāni pṛthivīṃ bhokṣyanty āndhrabhṛtyāḥ ||
Devabhúti, the last Śunga prince, being addicted to, immoral indulgences, his minister, the Kańwa named Vasudeva will murder him, and usurp the kingdom: his son will be Bhúmimitra; his son will be Náráyańa; his son will be Suśarman. These four Káńwas will be kings of the earth for forty-five years.
Suśarman the Káńwa will be killed by a powerful servant named Śipraka, of the Ándhra tribe, who will become king, and found the Ándhrabhritya dynasty: he will be succeeded by his brother Krishńa; his son will be Śrí Śátakarńi; his son will be Púrnotsanga; his son will be Śátakarńi (2nd); his son will be Lambodara; his son will be Ivílaka; his son will be Meghaswáti; his son will be Patumat; his son will be Arisht́akarman; his son will be Hála; his son will be Tálaka; his son will be Pravilasena; his son will be Sundara, named Śátakarńi; his son will be Chakora Śátakarńi; his son will be Śivaswáti; his son will be Gomatiputra; his son will be Pulimat; his son will be Śivaśrí Śátakarńi; his son will be Śivaskandha; his son will be Yajnaśrí; his son will be Vijaya; his son will be Chandraśrí; his son will be Pulomárchish. These thirty Andhrabhritya kings will reign four hundred and fifty-six years.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English