[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 4.19.11 # Vishnupurana 4.19.11 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.19.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.11) aṇuhād brahmadattaḥ | tato viṣvaksenas tasyodaksenaḥ | bhallāṭas tasyātmajaḥ | dvimīḍhasya tu yavīnarasaṃjñas tasyāpi dhṛtimāṃs tataḥ satyadhṛtis tataś ca dṛḍhanemiḥ tasmāc ca supārśvas tataḥ sumatis tataś ca sannatimān sannatimataḥ kṛto 'bhūt | yaṃ hiraṇyanābho yogam adhyāpayām āsa | yaś caturviṃśati prācyasāmagānāṃ saṃhitāś cakāra || > his son was Viśwaksena; his son was Udaksena; and his son was Bhallát́a. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition > The son of Dwimíd́ha was Yavínara; his son was Dhritimat; his son was Satyadhriti; his son was Drid́hanemi; his son was Supárśwa; his son was Sumati; his son was Sannatimat; his son was Krita, to whom Hirańyanábha taught the philosophy of the Yoga, and he compiled twenty-four Sanhitás (or compendia) for the use of the eastern Brahmans, who study the Sáma-veda. The son of Krita was Ugráyudha, by whose prowess the Nípa race of Kshatriyas was destroyed; his son was Kshemya; his son was Suvíra; his son was Nripanjaya; his son was Bahuratha. These were all called Pauravas. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition > Bharata had by different wives nine sons, but they were put to death by their own mothers, because Bharata remarked that they bore no resemblance to him, and the women were afraid that he would therefore desert them. The birth of his sons being thus unavailing, Bharata sacrificed to the Maruts, and they gave him Bharadwája, the son of Vrihaspati by Mamata the wife of Utathya, expelled by the kick of Dirghatamas, his half brother, before his time. This verse explains the purport of his appellation; "'Silly woman,' said Vrihaspati, 'cherish this child of two fathers' (bhara dwá-jam). 'No, Vrihaspati,' replied Mamatá, 'do you take care of him.' So saying, they both abandoned him; but from their expressions the boy was called Bharadwája." He was also termed Vitatha, in allusion to the unprofitable (vitatha) birth of the sons of Bharata. The son of Vitatha was Bhavanmanyu; his sons were many, and amongst them the chief were Vrihatkshatra, Mahávíryya, Nara, and Garga. The son of Nara was Sankriti; his sons were Ruchiradhí and Rantideva. The son of Garga was Sini, and their descendants called Gárgyas and Śainyas, although Kshatriyas by birth, became Brahmans. The son of Mahávíryya was Urukshaya, who had three sons, Trayyáruńa, Pushkarin, and Kapi; the last of whom became a Brahman. The son of Vrihatkshatra was Suhotra, whose son was Hastin, who founded the city of Hastinápur. The sons of Hastin were Ajamíd́ha, Dwimíd́ha, and Purumíd́ha. One son of Ajamíd́ha was Kańwa, whose son was Medhátithi; his other son was Vrihadishu, whose son was Vrihadvasu; his son was Vrihatkarman; his son was Jayadratha; his son was Viśwajit; his son was Senajit, whose sons were Ruchiráśwa, Káśya, Drid́hadhanush, and Vasahanu. The son of Ruchiráśwa was Prithusena; his son was Pára; his son was Nípa; he had a hundred sons, of whom Samara, the principal, was the ruler of Kámpilya. Samara had three sons, Pára, Sampára, Sadaśwa. The son of Pára was Prithu; his son was Sukriti; his son was Vibhrátra; his son was Anuha, who married Kritwí, the daughter of Śuka (the son of Vyása), and had by her Brahmadatta; > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 4.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.10) - [Next: 4.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.12) - [Up: 4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19) ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.19.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.19.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.11) · Pramāṇa