Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c12.23

c12.23

Nahuṣa had six⁶ or seven⁷ sons by pitṛ-kanyā Virajā, which no doubt means his sister (p. 70). Only two sons are important, Yati and Yayāti. Yati the eldest became a muni and gave up the kingdom,⁸ and Yayāti succeeded to it. Yayāti had two wives, Devayānī daughter of the great Bhārgava rishi Uśanas-Śukra,⁹ and Śarmiṣṭhā daughter of the Daitya-Dānava-asura king Vṛṣaparvan.¹ The former bore two sons, Yadu and Turvasu, and the latter three, Druhyu, Anu and Pūru.² Yayāti divided his territories among them, so that his kingdom developed into five kingdoms, and from his sons were descended the five famous royal lines of the Yadus or Yādavas, the Turvasus, the Druhyus, the Anus or Ānavas and the Pūrus or Pauravas.