[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) › 4.19.1 # Vishnupurana 4.19.1 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.19.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.1) parāśara uvāca: pūror janamejayaḥ putras tasyāpi pracinvān pracinvataḥ pravīraḥ | tasmān manasyur manasyoś cābhayadas tasyāpi sudyuḥ sudyor bahugavaḥ | tasyāpi saṃyātiḥ saṃyāter ahaṃyātiḥ tato raudrāśvaḥ | ṛteyuḥ kakṣeyuḥ sthaṇḍileyur dhṛteyur jaleyuḥ sthaleyur dharmeyuḥ saṃnateyur dhaneyur vaneyur nāmāno raudrāśvasya daśātmajā V putrā babhūvuḥ | ṛteyo rantināraḥ putro 'bhūt | sumatim apratirathaṃ dhruvaṃ ca rantināraḥ putrān avāpa | apratirathāt kaṇvas tasyāpi medhātithiḥ | yataḥ kaṇvāyanā dvijā babhūvuḥ | apratirathasyāparaḥ putro 'bhūd ailīnaḥ | tato duṣyantādyāś catvāraḥ putrā babhūvuḥ | duṣyantāc cakravartī bharato 'bhavat yannāmahetur devaiḥ śloko gīyate | mātā bhastrā pituḥ putro yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ | bharasva putraṃ duṣyanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām || > THE son of Puru was Janamejaya; his son was Práchinvat; his son was Pravíra; his son was Manasyu; his son was Bhayada; his son was Sudyumna; his son was Bahugava; his son was Samyáti; his son was Ahamyáti; his son was Raudráśwa, who had ten sons, Riteyu, Kaksheyu, Sthańd́ileyu, Ghriteyu, Jaleyu, Sthaleyu, Santateyu, Dhaneyu, Vaneyu, and Vrateyu. The son of Riteyu was Rantinára, whose sons were Tansu, Apratiratha, and Dhruva. The son of the second of these was Kańwa, and his son was Medhátithi, from whom the Káńwáyána Brahmanas descended. Anila was the son of Tansu, and he had four sons, of whom Dushyanta was the elder. The son of Dushyanta was the emperor Bharata; a verse explanatory of his name is chaunted by the gods; "The mother is only the receptacle; it is the father by whom a son is begotten. Cherish thy son, Dushyanta; treat not Śakuntalá with disrespect. Sons, who are born from the paternal loins, rescue their progenitors from the infernal regions. Thou art the parent of this boy; Śakuntalá has spoken truth." From the expression 'cherish,' Bharaswa, the prince was called Bharata. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition - [Previous: 4.18.6.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.18.6.p1) - [Next: 4.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.2) - [Up: 4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19) ## Translations (1) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.19.1) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.19.3) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.95.30) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.1) · Pramāṇa