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sri-suka uvaca
anoh sabhanaras caksuh
paresnus ca trayah sutah
sabhanarat kalanarah
srnjayas tat-sutas tatah
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Anu, the fourth son of Yayati, had three sons,
named Sabhanara, Caksu and Paresnu. O King, from Sabhanara came a son
named Kalanara, and from Kalanara came a son named Srnjaya.
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janamejayas tasya putro
mahasalo mahamanah
usinaras titiksus ca
mahamanasa atmajau
From Srnjaya came a son named Janamejaya. From Janamejaya came
Mahasala; from Mahasala, Mahamana; and from Mahamana two sons, named
Usinara and Titiksu.
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sibir varah krmir daksas
catvarosinaratmajah
vrsadarbhah sudhiras ca
madrah kekaya atmavan
sibes catvara evasams
titiksos ca rusadrathah
tato homo ‘tha sutapa
balih sutapaso ‘bhavat
The four sons of Usinara were Sibi, Vara, Krmi and Daksa, and from
Sibi again came four sons, named Vrsadarbha, Sudhira, Madra and atmatattva-
vit Kekaya. The son of Titiksu was Rusadratha. From Rusadratha
came Homa; from Homa, Sutapa; and from Sutapa, Bali.
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anga-vanga-kalingadyah
suhma-pundraudra-samjnitah
jajnire dirghatamaso
baleh ksetre mahiksitah
By the semen of Dirghatama in the wife of Bali, the emperor of the
world, six sons took birth, namely Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Suhma, Pundra
and Odra.
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cakruh sva-namna visayan
sad iman pracyakams ca te
khalapano ‘ngato jajne
tasmad divirathas tatah
These six sons, headed by Anga, later became kings of six states in
the eastern side of India. These states were known according to the names
of their respective kings. From Anga came a son named Khalapana, and from
Khalapana came Diviratha.
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suto dharmaratho yasya
jajne citraratho ‘prajah
romapada iti khyatas
tasmai dasarathah sakha
santam sva-kanyam prayacchad
rsyasrnga uvaha yam
deve ‘varsati yam rama
aninyur harini-sutam
natya-sangita-vaditrair
vibhramalinganarhanaih
sa tu rajno ‘napatyasya
nirupyestim marutvate
prajam adad dasaratho
yena lebhe ‘prajah prajah
caturango romapadat
prthulaksas tu tat-sutah
From Diviratha came a son named Dharmaratha, and his son was
Citraratha, who was celebrated as Romapada. Romapada, however, was
without issue, and therefore his friend Maharaja Dasaratha gave him his
own daughter, named Santa. Romapada accepted her as his daughter, and
thereafter she married Rsyasrnga. When the demigods from the heavenly
planets failed to shower rain, Rsyasrnga was appointed the priest for
performing a sacrifice, after being brought from the forest by the
allurement of prostitutes, who danced, staged theatrical performances
accompanied by music, and embraced and worshiped him. After Rsyasrnga
came, the rain fell. Thereafter, Rsyasrnga performed a son-giving
sacrifice on behalf of Maharaja Dasaratha, who had no issue, and then
Maharaja Dasaratha had sons. From Romapada, by the mercy of Rsyasrnga,
Caturanga was born, and from Caturanga came Prthulaksa.
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brhadratho brhatkarma
brhadbhanus ca tat-sutah
adyad brhanmanas tasmaj
jayadratha udahrtah
The sons of Prthulaksa were Brhadratha, Brhatkarma and Brhadbhanu.
From the eldest, Brhadratha, came a son named Brhanmana, and from
Brhanmana came a son named Jayadratha.
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vijayas tasya sambhutyam
tato dhrtir ajayata
tato dhrtavratas tasya
satkarmadhirathas tatah
The son of Jayadratha, by the womb of his wife Sambhuti, was Vijaya,
and from Vijaya, Dhrti was born. From Dhrti came Dhrtavrata; from
Dhrtavrata, Satkarma; and from Satkarma, Adhiratha.
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yo ‘sau ganga-tate kridan
manjusantargatam sisum
kuntyapaviddham kaninam
anapatyo ‘karot sutam
While playing on the bank of the Ganges, Adhiratha found a baby
wrapped up in a basket. The baby had been left by Kunti because he was
born before she was married. Because Adhiratha had no sons, he raised
this baby as his own. [This son was later known as Karna.]
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vrsasenah sutas tasya
karnasya jagatipate
druhyos ca tanayo babhruh
setus tasyatmajas tatah
O King, the only son of Karna was Vrsasena. Druhyu, the third son of
Yayati, had a son named Babhru, and the son of Babhru was known as Setu.
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arabdhas tasya gandharas
tasya dharmas tato dhrtah
dhrtasya durmadas tasmat
pracetah pracetasah satam
The son of Setu was Arabdha, Arabdha’s son was Gandhara, and
Gandhara’s son was Dharma. Dharma’s son was Dhrta, Dhrta’s son was
Durmada, and Durmada’s son was Praceta, who had one hundred sons.
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mlecchadhipatayo ‘bhuvann
udicim disam asritah
turvasos ca suto vahnir
vahner bhargo ‘tha bhanuman
The Pracetas [the sons of Praceta] occupied the northern side of
India, which was devoid of Vedic civilization, and became kings there.
Yayati’s second son was Turvasu. The son of Turvasu was Vahni; the son of
Vahni, Bharga; the son of Bharga, Bhanuman.
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tribhanus tat-suto ‘syapi
karandhama udara-dhih
marutas tat-suto ‘putrah
putram pauravam anvabhut
The son of Bhanuman was Tribhanu, and his son was the magnanimous
Karandhama. Karandhama’s son was Maruta, who had no sons and who
therefore adopted a son of the Puru dynasty [Maharaja Dusmanta] as his
own.
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dusmantah sa punar bheje
sva-vamsam rajya-kamukah
yayater jyestha-putrasya
yador vamsam nararsabha
varnayami maha-punyam
sarva-papa-haram nrnam
yador vamsam narah srutva
sarva-papaih pramucyate
Maharaja Dusmanta, desiring to occupy the throne, returned to his
original dynasty [the Puru dynasty], even though he had accepted Maruta
as his father. O Maharaja Pariksit, let me now describe the dynasty of
Yadu, the eldest son of Maharaja Yayati. This description is supremely
pious, and it vanquishes the reactions of sinful activities in human
society. Simply by hearing this description, one is freed from all sinful
reactions.
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yatravatirno bhagavan
paramatma narakrtih
yadoh sahasrajit krosta
nalo ripur iti srutah
catvarah sunavas tatra
satajit prathamatmajah
mahahayo renuhayo
haihayas ceti tat-sutah
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, the Supersoul in the hearts
of all living entities, descended in His original form as a human being
in the dynasty or family of Yadu. Yadu had four sons, named Sahasrajit,
Krosta, Nala and Ripu. Of these four, the eldest, Sahasrajit, had a son
named Satajit, who had three sons, named Mahahaya, Renuhaya and Haihaya.
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dharmas tu haihaya-suto
netrah kunteh pita tatah
sohanjir abhavat kunter
mahisman bhadrasenakah
The son of Haihaya was Dharma, and the son of Dharma was Netra, the
father of Kunti. From Kunti came a son named Sohanji, from Sohanji came
Mahisman, and from Mahisman, Bhadrasenaka.
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durmado bhadrasenasya
dhanakah krtaviryasuh
krtagnih krtavarma ca
krtauja dhanakatmajah
The sons of Bhadrasena were known as Durmada and Dhanaka. Dhanaka was
the father of Krtavirya and also of Krtagni, Krtavarma and Krtauja.
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arjunah krtaviryasya
sapta-dvipesvaro ‘bhavat
dattatreyad dharer amsat
prapta-yoga-mahagunah
The son of Krtavirya was Arjuna. He [Kartaviryarjuna] became the
emperor of the entire world, consisting of seven islands, and received
mystic power from Dattatreya, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. Thus he obtained the mystic perfections known as asta-siddhi.
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na nunam kartaviryasya
gatim yasyanti parthivah
yajna-dana-tapo-yogaih
sruta-virya-dayadibhih
No other king in this world could equal Kartaviryarjuna in sacrifices,
charity, austerity, mystic power, education, strength or mercy.
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pancasiti sahasrani
hy avyahata-balah samah
anasta-vitta-smarano
bubhuje ‘ksayya-sad-vasu
For eighty-five thousand years, Kartaviryarjuna continuously enjoyed
material opulences with full bodily strength and unimpaired memory. In
other words, he enjoyed inexhaustible material opulences with his six
senses.
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tasya putra-sahasresu
pancaivorvarita mrdhe
jayadhvajah suraseno
vrsabho madhur urjitah
Of the one thousand sons of Kartaviryarjuna, only five remained alive
after the fight with Parasurama. Their names were Jayadhvaja, Surasena,
Vrsabha, Madhu and Urjita.
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jayadhvajat talajanghas
tasya putra-satam tv abhut
ksatram yat talajanghakh
Jayadhvaja had a son named Talajangha, who had one hundred sons. All
the ksatriyas in that dynasty, known as Talajangha, were annihilated by
the great power received by Maharaja Sagara from Aurva Rsi.
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tesam jyestho vitihotro
vrsnih putro madhoh smrtah
tasya putra-satam tv asid
vrsni-jyestham yatah kulam
Of the sons of Talajangha, Vitihotra was the eldest. The son of
Vitihotra named Madhu had a celebrated son named Vrsni. Madhu had one
hundred sons, of whom Vrsni was the eldest. The dynasties known as
Yadava, Madhava and Vrsni had their origin from Yadu, Madhu and Vrsni.
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madhava vrsnayo rajan
yadavas ceti samjnitah
yadu-putrasya ca krostoh
putro vrjinavams tatah
svahito ‘to visadgur vai
tasya citrarathas tatah
sasabindur maha-yogi
maha-bhago mahan abhut
caturdasa-maharatnas
cakravarty aparajitah
O Maharaja Pariksit, because Yadu, Madhu and Vrsni each inaugurated a
dynasty, their dynasties are known as Yadava, Madhava and Vrsni. The son
of Yadu named Krosta had a son named Vrjinavan. The son of Vrjinavan was
Svahita; the son of Svahita, Visadgu; the son of Visadgu, Citraratha; and
the son of Citraratha, Sasabindu. The greatly fortunate Sasabindu, who
was a great mystic, possessed fourteen opulences and was the owner of
fourteen great jewels. Thus he became the emperor of the world.
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tasya patni-sahasranam
dasanam sumaha-yasah
dasa-laksa-sahasrani
putranam tasv ajijanat
The famous Sasabindu had ten thousand wives, and by each he begot a
lakh of sons. Therefore the number of his sons was ten thousand lakhs.
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tesam tu sat pradhananam
prthusravasa atmajah
dharmo namosana tasya
hayamedha-satasya yat
Among these many sons, six were the foremost, such as Prthusrava and
Prthukirti. The son of Prthusrava was known as Dharma, and his son was
known as Usana. Usana was the performer of one hundred horse sacrifices.
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tat-suto rucakas tasya
pancasann atmajah srnu
purujid-rukma-rukmesuprthu-
jyamagha-samjnitah
The son of Usana was Rucaka, who had five sons–Purujit, Rukma,
Rukmesu, Prthu and Jyamagha. Please hear of these sons from me.
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jyamaghas tv aprajo ‘py anyam
bharyam saibya-patir bhayat
navindac chatru-bhavanad
bhojyam kanyam aharasit
ratha-stham tam niriksyaha
saibya patim amarsita
keyam kuhaka mat-sthanam
ratham aropiteti vai
snusa tavety abhihite
smayanti patim abravit
Jyamagha had no sons, but because he was fearful of his wife, Saibya,
he could not accept another wife. Jyamagha once took from the house of
some royal enemy a girl who was a prostitute, but upon seeing her Saibya
was very angry and said to her husband, “My husband, you cheater, who is
this girl sitting upon my seat on the chariot?” Jyamagha then replied,
“This girl will be your daughter-in-law.” Upon hearing these joking
words, Saibya smilingly replied.
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aham bandhyasapatni ca
snusa me yujyate katham
janayisyasi yam rajni
tasyeyam upayujyate
Saibya said, “I am sterile and have no co-wife. How can this girl be
my daughter-in-law? Please tell me.” Jyamagha replied, “My dear Queen, I
shall see that you indeed have a son and that this girl will be your
daughter-in-law.”
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anvamodanta tad visvedevah
pitara eva ca
saibya garbham adhat kale
kumaram susuve subham
sa vidarbha iti prokta
upayeme snusam satim
Long, long ago, Jyamagha had satisfied the demigods and Pitas by
worshiping them. Now, by their mercy, Jyamagha’s words came true.
Although Saibya was barren, by the grace of the demigods she became
pregnant and in due course of time gave birth to a child named Vidarbha.
Before the child’s birth, the girl had been accepted as a daughter-inlaw,
and therefore Vidarbha actually married her when he grew up.
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