Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c23.95

c23.95

Next comes the second part of the first section. Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa⁴ was the son of this later Parāśara by the fisher-maiden Kālī, who was called Satyavatī⁵ and became king Śantanu's queen.⁶ Vyāsa's wife was Araṇi, and their son was Śuka,⁷ called Kārṣṇi,⁸ Vaiyāsaki⁹ and Āraṇeya.¹⁰ Śuka's wife was Pīvarī, who appears to have been his half-sister, for the expression pitṛ-kanyā in her case could not mean ‘daughter of the Pitṛs’ (p. 69). They had five sons, and also, it is said, a daughter Kīrtimatī, and, if so, the genealogy is certainly wrong in making her Aṇuha's queen and Brahmadatta's mother, by confusing two Śukas as shown above (p. 64). The five sons were Bhūriśravas,¹ Prabhu (or Pṛthu), Śambhu, Kṛṣṇa and Gaura.