Chapter 21: The Dynasty of Bharata

 

9.21.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

vitathasya sutān manyor

bṛhatkṣatro jayas tataḥ

mahāvīryo naro gargaḥ

sańkṛtis tu narātmajaḥ

 

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; vitathasya — of Vitatha (Bharadvāja), who was accepted in the family of Mahārāja Bharata under special circumstances of disappointment; sutāt — from the son; manyoḥ — named Manyu; bṛhatkṣatraḥ — Bṛhatkṣatra; jayaḥ — Jaya; tataḥ — from him; mahāvīryaḥ — Mahāvīrya; naraḥ — Nara; gargaḥ — Garga; sańkṛtiḥ — Sańkṛti; tu — certainly; nara-ātmajaḥ — the son of Nara.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Because Bharadvāja was delivered by the Marut demigods, he was known as Vitatha. The son of Vitatha was Manyu, and from Manyu came five sons — Bṛhatkṣatra, Jaya, Mahāvīrya, Nara and Garga. Of these five, the one known as Nara had a son named Sańkṛti.

 

9.21.2

guruś ca rantidevaś ca

sańkṛteḥ pāṇḍu-nandana

rantidevasya mahimā

ihāmutra ca gīyate

 

guruḥ — a son named Guru; ca — and; rantidevaḥ ca — and a son named Rantideva; sańkṛteḥ — from Sańkṛti; pāṇḍu-nandana — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of Pāṇḍu; rantidevasya — of Rantideva; mahimā — the glories; iha — in this world; amutra — and in the next world; ca — also; gīyate — are glorified.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of Pāṇḍu, Sańkṛti had two sons, named Guru and Rantideva. Rantideva is famous in both this world and the next, for he is glorified not only in human society but also in the society of the demigods.

 

9.21.3-5

viyad-vittasya dadato

labdhaḿ labdhaḿ bubhukṣataḥ

niṣkiñcanasya dhīrasya

sakuṭumbasya sīdataḥ

 

vyatīyur aṣṭa-catvāriḿśad

ahāny apibataḥ kila

ghṛta-pāyasa-saḿyāvaḿ

toyaḿ prātar upasthitam

 

kṛcchra-prāpta-kuṭumbasya

kṣut-tṛḍbhyāḿ jāta-vepathoḥ

atithir brāhmaṇaḥ kāle

bhoktu-kāmasya cāgamat

 

viyat-vittasya — of Rantideva, who received things sent by providence, just as the cātaka bird receives water from the sky; dadataḥ — who distributed to others; labdham — whatever he got; labdham — such gains; bubhukṣataḥ — he enjoyed; niṣkiñcanasya — always penniless; dhīrasya — yet very sober; sa-kuṭumbasya — even with his family members; sīdataḥ — suffering very much;

 

vyatīyuḥ — passed by; aṣṭa-catvāriḿśat — forty-eight; ahāni — days; apibataḥ — without even drinking water; kila — indeed; ghṛta-pāyasa — food prepared with ghee and milk; saḿyāvam — varieties of food grains; toyam — water; prātaḥ — in the morning; upasthitam — arrived by chance;

 

kṛcchra-prāpta — undergoing suffering; kuṭumbasya — whose family members; kṣut-tṛḍbhyām — by thirst and hunger; jāta — became; vepathoḥ — trembling; atithiḥ — a guest; brāhmaṇaḥ — a brāhmaṇa; kāle — just at that time; bhoktu-kāmasya — of Rantideva, who desired to eat something; ca — also; āgamat — arrived there.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Rantideva never endeavored to earn anything. He would enjoy whatever he got by the arrangement of providence, but when guests came he would give them everything. Thus he underwent considerable suffering, along with the members of his family. Indeed, he and his family members shivered for want of food and water, yet Rantideva always remained sober. Once, after fasting for forty-eight days, in the morning Rantideva received some water and some foodstuffs made with milk and ghee, but when he and his family were about to eat, a brāhmaṇa guest arrived.

 

9.21.6

tasmai saḿvyabhajat so 'nnam

ādṛtya śraddhayānvitaḥ

hariḿ sarvatra sampaśyan

sa bhuktvā prayayau dvijaḥ

 

tasmai — unto him (the brāhmaṇa); saḿvyabhajat — after dividing, gave his share; saḥ — he (Rantideva); annam — the food; ādṛtya — with great respect; śraddhayā anvitaḥ — and with faith; harim — the Supreme Lord; sarvatra — everywhere, or in the heart of every living being; sampaśyan — conceiving; saḥ — he; bhuktvā — after eating the food; prayayau — left that place; dvijaḥ — the brāhmaṇa.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Because Rantideva perceived the presence of the Supreme Godhead everywhere, and in every living entity, he received the guest with faith and respect and gave him a share of the food. The brāhmaṇa guest ate his share and then went away.

 

9.21.7

athānyo bhokṣyamāṇasya

vibhaktasya mahīpateḥ

vibhaktaḿ vyabhajat tasmai

vṛṣalāya hariḿ smaran

 

atha — thereafter; anyaḥ — another guest; bhokṣyamāṇasya — who was just about to eat; vibhaktasya — after setting aside the share for the family; mahīpateḥ — of the King; vibhaktam — the food allotted for the family; vyabhajat — he divided and distributed; tasmai — unto him; vṛṣalāya — unto a śūdra; harim — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; smaran — remembering.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Thereafter, having divided the remaining food with his relatives, Rantideva was just about to eat his own share when a śūdra guest arrived. Seeing the śūdra in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, King Rantideva gave him also a share of the food.

 

9.21.8

yāte śūdre tam anyo 'gād

atithiḥ śvabhir āvṛtaḥ

rājan me dīyatām annaḿ

sagaṇāya bubhukṣate

 

yāte — when he went away; śūdre — the śūdra guest; tam — unto the King; anyaḥ — another; agāt — arrived there; atithiḥ — guest; śvabhiḥ āvṛtaḥ — accompanied by dogs; rājan — O King; me — unto me; dīyatām — deliver; annam — eatables; sa-gaṇāya — with my company of dogs; bubhukṣate — hankering for food.

 

TRANSLATION

 

When the śūdra went away, another guest arrived, surrounded by dogs, and said, "O King, I and my company of dogs are very hungry. Please give us something to eat."

 

9.21.9

sa ādṛtyāvaśiṣṭaḿ yad

bahu-māna-puraskṛtam

tac ca dattvā namaścakre

śvabhyaḥ śva-pataye vibhuḥ

 

saḥ — he (King Rantideva); ādṛtya — after honoring them; avaśiṣṭam — the food that remained after the brāhmaṇa and śūdra were fed; yat — whatever there was; bahu-māna-puraskṛtam — offering him much respect; tat — that; ca — also; dattvā — giving away; namaḥ-cakre — offered obeisances; śvabhyaḥ — unto the dogs; śva-pataye — unto the master of the dogs; vibhuḥ — the all-powerful King.

 

TRANSLATION

 

With great respect, King Rantideva offered the balance of the food to the dogs and the master of the dogs, who had come as guests. The King offered them all respects and obeisances.

 

9.21.10

pānīya-mātram uccheṣaḿ

tac caika-paritarpaṇam

pāsyataḥ pulkaso 'bhyāgād

apo dehy aśubhāya me

 

pānīya-mātram — only the drinking water; uccheṣam — what remained of the food; tat ca — that also; eka — for one; paritarpaṇam — satisfying; pāsyataḥ — when the King was about to drink; pulkasaḥ — a caṇḍāla; abhyāgāt — came there; apaḥ — water; dehi — please give; aśubhāya — although I am a lowborn caṇḍāla; me — to me.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Thereafter, only the drinking water remained, and there was only enough to satisfy one person, but when the King was just about to drink it, a caṇḍāla appeared and said, "O King, although I am lowborn, kindly give me some drinking water."

 

9.21.11

tasya tāḿ karuṇāḿ vācaḿ

niśamya vipula-śramām

kṛpayā bhṛśa-santapta

idam āhāmṛtaḿ vacaḥ

 

tasya — of him (the caṇḍāla); tām — those; karuṇām — pitiable; vācam — words; niśamya — hearing; vipula — very much; śramām — fatigued; kṛpayā — out of compassion; bhṛśa-santaptaḥ — very much aggrieved; idam — these; āha — spoke; amṛtam — very sweet; vacaḥ — words.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Aggrieved at hearing the pitiable words of the poor fatigued caṇḍāla, Mahārāja Rantideva spoke the following nectarean words.

 

9.21.12

na kāmaye 'haḿ gatim īśvarāt parām

aṣṭarddhi-yuktām apunar-bhavaḿ vā

ārtiḿ prapadye 'khila-deha-bhājām

antaḥ-sthito yena bhavanty aduḥkhāḥ

 

na — not; kāmaye — desire; aham — I; gatim — destination; īśvarāt — from the Supreme Personality of Godhead; parām — great; aṣṭa-ṛddhi-yuktām — composed of the eight kinds of mystic perfection; apunaḥ-bhavam — cessation of repeated birth (liberation, salvation); vā — either; ārtim — sufferings; prapadye — I accept; akhila-deha-bhājām — of all living entities; antaḥ-sthitaḥ — staying among them; yena — by which; bhavanti — they become; aduḥkhāḥ — without distress.

 

TRANSLATION

 

I do not pray to the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the eight perfections of mystic yoga, nor for salvation from repeated birth and death. I want only to stay among all the living entities and suffer all distresses on their behalf, so that they may be freed from suffering.

 

9.21.13

kṣut-tṛṭ-śramo gātra-paribhramaś ca

dainyaḿ klamaḥ śoka-viṣāda-mohāḥ

sarve nivṛttāḥ kṛpaṇasya jantor

jijīviṣor jīva-jalārpaṇān me

 

kṣut — from hunger; tṛṭ — and thirst; śramaḥ — fatigue; gātra-paribhramaḥ — trembling of the body; ca — also; dainyam — poverty; klamaḥ — distress; śoka — lamentation; viṣāda — moroseness; mohāḥ — and bewilderment; sarve — all of them; nivṛttāḥ — finished; kṛpaṇasya — of the poor; jantoḥ — living entity (the caṇḍāla); jijīviṣoḥ — desiring to live; jīva — maintaining life; jala — water; arpaṇāt — by delivering; me — mine.

 

TRANSLATION

 

By offering my water to maintain the life of this poor caṇḍāla, who is struggling to live, I have been freed from all hunger, thirst, fatigue, trembling of the body, moroseness, distress, lamentation and illusion.

 

9.21.14

iti prabhāṣya pānīyaḿ

mriyamāṇaḥ pipāsayā

pulkasāyādadād dhīro

nisarga-karuṇo nṛpaḥ

 

iti — thus; prabhāṣya — giving his statement; pānīyam — drinking water; mriyamāṇaḥ — although on the verge of death; pipāsayā — because of thirst; pulkasāya — unto the low-class caṇḍāla; adadāt — delivered; dhīraḥ — sober; nisarga-karuṇaḥ — by nature very kind; nṛpaḥ — the King.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Having spoken thus, King Rantideva, although on the verge of death because of thirst, gave his own portion of water to the caṇḍāla without hesitation, for the King was naturally very kind and sober.

 

9.21.15

tasya tribhuvanādhīśāḥ

phaladāḥ phalam icchatām

ātmānaḿ darśayāḿ cakrur

māyā viṣṇu-vinirmitāḥ

 

tasya — before him (King Rantideva); tri-bhuvana-adhīśāḥ — the controllers of the three worlds (demigods like Brahmā and Śiva); phaladāḥ — who can bestow all fruitive results; phalam icchatām — of persons who desire material benefit; ātmānam — their own identities; darśayām cakruḥ — manifested; māyāḥ — the illusory energy; viṣṇu — by Lord Viṣṇu; vinirmitāḥ — created.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Demigods like Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, who can satisfy all materially ambitious men by giving them the rewards they desire, then manifested their own identities before King Rantideva, for it was they who had presented themselves as the brāhmaṇa, śūdra, caṇḍāla and so on.

 

9.21.16

sa vai tebhyo namaskṛtya

niḥsańgo vigata-spṛhaḥ

vāsudeve bhagavati

bhaktyā cakre manaḥ param

 

saḥ — he (King Rantideva); vai — indeed; tebhyaḥ — unto Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and the other demigods; namaḥ-kṛtya — offering obeisances; niḥsańgaḥ — with no ambition to take any benefit from them; vigata-spṛhaḥ — completely free from desires for material possessions; vāsudeve — unto Lord Vāsudeva; bhagavati — the Supreme Lord; bhaktyā — by devotional service; cakre — fixed; manaḥ — the mind; param — as the ultimate goal of life.

 

TRANSLATION

 

King Rantideva had no ambition to enjoy material benefits from the demigods. He offered them obeisances, but because he was factually attached to Lord Viṣṇu, Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he fixed his mind at Lord Viṣṇu's lotus feet.

 

9.21.17

īśvarālambanaḿ cittaḿ

kurvato 'nanya-rādhasaḥ

māyā guṇa-mayī rājan

svapnavat pratyalīyata

 

īśvara-ālambanam — completely taking shelter at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord; cittam — his consciousness; kurvataḥ — fixing; ananya-rādhasaḥ — for Rantideva, who was undeviating and desired nothing other than to serve the Supreme Lord; māyā — the illusory energy; guṇa-mayī — consisting of the three modes of nature; rājan — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; svapna-vat — like a dream; pratyalīyata — merged.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, because King Rantideva was a pure devotee, always Kṛṣṇa conscious and free from all material desires, the Lord's illusory energy, māyā, could not exhibit herself before him. On the contrary, for him māyā entirely vanished, exactly like a dream.

 

9.21.18

tat-prasańgānubhāvena

rantidevānuvartinaḥ

abhavan yoginaḥ sarve

nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ

 

tat-prasańga-anubhāvena — because of associating with King Rantideva (when talking with him about bhakti-yoga); rantideva-anuvartinaḥ — the followers of King Rantideva (that is, his servants, his family members, his friends and others); abhavan — became; yoginaḥ — first-class mystic yogīs, or bhakti-yogīs; sarve — all of them; nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ — devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.

 

TRANSLATION

 

All those who followed the principles of King Rantideva were totally favored by his mercy and became pure devotees, attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa. Thus they all became the best of yogis.

 

9.21.19-20

gargāc chinis tato gārgyaḥ

kṣatrād brahma hy avartata

duritakṣayo mahāvīryāt

tasya trayyāruṇiḥ kaviḥ

 

puṣkarāruṇir ity atra

ye brāhmaṇa-gatiḿ gatāḥ

bṛhatkṣatrasya putro 'bhūd

dhastī yad-dhastināpuram

 

gargāt — from Garga (another grandson of Bharadvāja); śiniḥ — a son named Śini; tataḥ — from him (Śini); gārgyaḥ — a son named Gārgya; kṣatrāt — although he was a kṣatriya; brahma — the brāhmaṇas; hi — in deed; avartata — became possible; duritakṣayaḥ — a son named Duritakṣaya; mahāvīryāt — from Mahāvīrya (another grandson of Bharadvāja); tasya — his; trayyāruṇiḥ — the son named Trayyāruṇi; kaviḥ — a son named Kavi;

 

puṣkarāruṇiḥ — a son named Puṣkarāruṇi; iti — thus; atra — therein; ye — all of them; brāhmaṇa-gatim — the position of brāhmaṇas; gatāḥ — achieved; bṛhatkṣatrasya — of the grandson of Bharadvāja named Bṛhatkṣatra; putraḥ — the son; abhūt — became; hastī — Hastī; yat — from whom; hastināpuram — the city of Hastināpura (New Delhi) was established.

 

TRANSLATION

 

From Garga came a son named Śini, and his son was Gārgya. Although Gārgya was a kṣatriya, there came from him a generation of brahmaṇas. From Mahāvīrya came a son named Duritakṣaya, whose sons were Trayyāruṇi, Kavi and Puṣkarāruṇi. Although these sons of Duritakṣaya took birth in a dynasty of kṣatriyas, they too attained the position of brāhmaṇas. Bṛhatkṣatra had a son named Hastī, who established the city of Hastināpura [now New Delhi].

 

9.21.21

ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaś ca

purumīḍhaś ca hastinaḥ

ajamīḍhasya vaḿśyāḥ syuḥ

priyamedhādayo dvijāḥ

 

ajamīḍhaḥ — Ajamīḍha; dvimīḍhaḥ — Dvimīḍha; ca — also; purumīḍhaḥ — Purumīḍha; ca — also; hastinaḥ — became the sons of Hastī; ajamīḍhasya — of Ajamīḍha; vaḿśyāḥ — descendants; syuḥ — are; priyamedha-ādayaḥ — headed by Priyamedha; dvijāḥ — brāhmaṇas.

 

TRANSLATION

 

From King Hastī came three sons, named Ajamīḍha, Dvimīḍha and Purumīḍha. The descendants of Ajamīḍha, headed by Priyamedha, all achieved the position of brāhmaṇas.

 

9.21.22

ajamīḍhād bṛhadiṣus

tasya putro bṛhaddhanuḥ

bṛhatkāyas tatas tasya

putra āsīj jayadrathaḥ

 

ajamīḍhāt — from Ajamīḍha; bṛhadiṣuḥ — a son named Bṛhadiṣu; tasya — his; putraḥ — son; bṛhaddhanuḥ — Bṛhaddhanu; bṛhatkāyaḥ — Bṛhatkāya; tataḥ — thereafter; tasya — his; putraḥ — son; āsīt — was; jayadrathaḥ — Jayadratha.

 

TRANSLATION

 

From Ajamīḍha came a son named Bṛhadiṣu, from Bṛhadiṣu came a son named Bṛhaddhanu, from Bṛhaddhanu a son named Bṛhatkāya, and from Bṛhatkāya a son named Jayadratha.

 

9.21.23

tat-suto viśadas tasya

syenajit samajāyata

rucirāśvo dṛḍhahanuḥ

kāśyo vatsaś ca tat-sutāḥ

 

tat-sutaḥ — the son of Jayadratha; viśadaḥ — Viśada; tasya — the son of Viśada; syenajit — Syenajit; samajāyata — was born; rucirāśvaḥ — Rucirāśva; dṛḍhahanuḥ — Dṛḍhahanu; kāśyaḥ — Kāśya; vatsaḥ — Vatsa; ca — also; tat-sutāḥ — sons of Syenajit.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The son of Jayadratha was Viśada, and his son was Syenajit. The sons of Syenajit were Rucirāśva, Dṛḍhahanu, Kāśya and Vatsa.

 

9.21.24

rucirāśva-sutaḥ pāraḥ

pṛthusenas tad-ātmajaḥ

pārasya tanayo nīpas

tasya putra-śataḿ tv abhūt

 

rucirāśva-sutaḥ — the son of Rucirāśva; pāraḥ — Pāra; pṛthusenaḥ — Pṛthusena; tat — his; ātmajaḥ — son; pārasya — from Pāra; tanayaḥ — a son; nīpaḥ — Nīpa; tasya — his; putra-śatam — one hundred sons; tu — indeed; abhūt — generated.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The son of Rucirāśva was Pāra, and the sons of Pāra were Pṛthusena and Nīpa. Nīpa had one hundred sons.

 

9.21.25

sa kṛtvyāḿ śuka-kanyāyāḿ

brahmadattam ajījanat

yogī sa gavi bhāryāyāḿ

viṣvaksenam adhāt sutam

 

saḥ — he (King Nīpa); kṛtvyām — in his wife, Kṛtvī; śuka-kanyāyām — who was the daughter of Śuka; brahmadattam — a son named Brahmadatta; ajījanat — begot; yogī — a mystic yogī; saḥ — that Brahmadatta; gavi — by the name Gau or Sarasvatī; bhāryāyām — in the womb of his wife; viṣvaksenam — Viṣvaksena; adhāt — begot; sutam — a son.

 

TRANSLATION

 

King Nīpa begot a son named Brahmadatta through the womb of his wife, Kṛtvī, who was the daughter of Śuka. And Brahmadatta, who was a great yogi, begot a son named Viṣvaksena through the womb of his wife, Sarasvatī.

 

9.21.26

jaigīṣavyopadeśena

yoga-tantraḿ cakāra ha

udaksenas tatas tasmād

bhallāṭo bārhadīṣavāḥ

 

jaigīṣavya — of the great ṛṣi named Jaigīṣavya; upadeśena — by the instruction; yoga-tantram — an elaborate description of the mystic yoga system; cakāra — compiled; ha — in the past; udaksenaḥ — Udaksena; tataḥ — from him (Viṣvaksena); tasmāt — from him (Udaksena); bhallāṭaḥ — a son named Bhallāṭa; bārhadīṣavāḥ — (all of these are known as) descendants of Bṛhadiṣu.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Following the instructions of the great sage Jaigīṣavya, Viṣvaksena compiled an elaborate description of the mystic yoga system. From Viṣvaksena, Udaksena was born, and from Udaksena, Bhallāṭa. All these sons are known as descendants of Bṛhadiṣu.

 

9.21.27

yavīnaro dvimīḍhasya

kṛtimāḿs tat-sutaḥ smṛtaḥ

nāmnā satyadhṛtis tasya

dṛḍhanemiḥ supārśvakṛt

 

yavīnaraḥ — Yavīnara; dvimīḍhasya — the son of Dvimīḍha; kṛtimān — Kṛtimān; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Yavīnara; smṛtaḥ — is well known; nāmnā — by name; satyadhṛtiḥ — Satyadhṛti; tasya — of him (Satyadhṛti); dṛḍhanemiḥ — Dṛḍhanemi; supārśva-kṛt — the father of Supārśva.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The son of Dvimīḍha was Yavīnara, whose son was Kṛtimān. The son of Kṛtimān was well known as Satyadhṛti. From Satyadhṛti came a son named Dṛḍhanemi, who became the father of Supārśva.

 

9.21.28-29

supārśvāt sumatis tasya

putraḥ sannatimāḿs tataḥ

kṛtī hiraṇyanābhād yo

yogaḿ prāpya jagau sma ṣaṭ

 

saḿhitāḥ prācyasāmnāḿ vai

nīpo hy udgrāyudhas tataḥ

tasya kṣemyaḥ suvīro 'tha

suvīrasya ripuñjayaḥ

 

supārśvāt — from Supārśva; sumatiḥ — a son named Sumati; tasya putraḥ — his son (Sumati's son); sannatimān — Sannatimān; tataḥ — from him; kṛtī — a son named Kṛtī; hiraṇyanābhāt — from Lord Brahmā; yaḥ — he who; yogam — mystic power; prāpya — getting; jagau — taught; sma — in the past; ṣaṭ — six;

 

saḿhitāḥ — descriptions; prācyasāmnām — of the Prācyasāma verses of the Sāma Veda; vai — indeed; nīpaḥ — Nīpa; hi — indeed; udgrāyudhaḥ — Udgrāyudha; tataḥ — from him; tasya — his; kṣemyaḥ — Kṣemya; suvīraḥ — Suvīra; atha — thereafter; suvīrasya — of Suvīra; ripuñjayaḥ — a son named Ripuñjaya.

 

TRANSLATION

 

From Supārśva came a son named Sumati, from Sumati came Sannatimān, and from Sannatimān came Kṛtī, who achieved mystic power from Brahmā and taught six saḿhitās of the Prācyasāma verses of the Sāma Veda. The son of Kṛtī was Nīpa; the son of Nīpa, Udgrāyudha; the son of Udgrāyudha, Kṣemya; the son of Kṣemya, Suvīra; and the son of Suvīra, Ripuñjaya.

 

9.21.30

tato bahuratho nāma

purumīḍho 'prajo 'bhavat

nalinyām ajamīḍhasya

nīlaḥ śāntis tu tat-sutaḥ

 

tataḥ — from him (Ripuñjaya); bahurathaḥ — Bahuratha; nāma — named; purumīḍhaḥ — Purumīḍha, the younger brother of Dvimīḍha; aprajaḥ — sonless; abhavat — became; nalinyām — through Nalinī; ajamīḍhasya — of Ajamīḍha; nīlaḥ — Nīla; śāntiḥ — Śānti; tu — then; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Nīla.

 

TRANSLATION

 

From Ripuñjaya came a son named Bahuratha. Purumīḍha was sonless. Ajamīḍha had a son named Nīla by his wife known as Nalinī, and the son of Nīla was Śānti.

 

9.21.31-33

śānteḥ suśāntis tat-putraḥ

purujo 'rkas tato 'bhavat

bharmyāśvas tanayas tasya

pañcāsan mudgalādayaḥ

 

yavīnaro bṛhadviśvaḥ

kāmpillaḥ sañjayaḥ sutāḥ

bharmyāśvaḥ prāha putrā me

pañcānāḿ rakṣaṇāya hi

 

viṣayāṇām alam ime

iti pañcāla-saḿjñitāḥ

mudgalād brahma-nirvṛttaḿ

gotraḿ maudgalya-saḿjñitam

 

śānteḥ — of Śānti; suśāntiḥ — Suśānti; tat-putraḥ — his son; purujaḥ — Puruja; arkaḥ — Arka; tataḥ — from him; abhavat — generated; bharmyāśvaḥ — Bharmyāśva; tanayaḥ — son; tasya — of him; pañca — five sons; āsan — were; mudgala-ādayaḥ — headed by Mudgala;

 

yavīnaraḥ — Yavīnara; bṛhadviśvaḥ — Bṛhadviśva; kāmpillaḥ — Kāmpilla; sañjayaḥ — Sañjaya; sutāḥ — sons; bharmyāśvaḥ — Bharmyāśva; prāha — said; putrāḥ — sons; me — my; pañcānām — of five; rakṣaṇāya — for protection; hi — indeed;

 

viṣayāṇām — of different states; alam — competent; ime — all of them; iti — thus; pañcāla — Pañcāla; saḿjñitāḥ — designated; mudgalāt — from Mudgala; brahma-nirvṛttam — consisting of brāhmaṇas; gotram — a dynasty; maudgalya — Maudgalya; saḿjñitam — so designated.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The son of Śānti was Suśānti, the son of Suśānti was Puruja, and the son of Puruja was Arka. From Arka came Bharmyāśva, and from Bharmyāśva came five sons — Mudgala, Yavīnara, Bṛhadviśva, Kāmpilla and Sañjaya. Bharmyāśva prayed to his sons, "O my sons, please take charge of my five states, for you are quite competent to do so." Thus his five sons were known as the Pañcālas. From Mudgala came a dynasty of brāhmaṇas known as Maudgalya.

 

9.21.34

mithunaḿ mudgalād bhārmyād

divodāsaḥ pumān abhūt

ahalyā kanyakā yasyāḿ

śatānandas tu gautamāt

 

mithunam — twins, one male and one female; mudgalāt — from Mudgala; bhārmyāt — the son of Bharmyāśva; divodāsaḥ — Divodāsa; pumān — the male one; abhūt — generated; ahalyā — Ahalyā; kanyakā — the female; yasyām — through whom; śatānandaḥ — Śatānanda; tu — indeed; gautamāt — generated by her husband, Gautama.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Mudgala, the son of Bharmyāśva, had twin children, one male and the other female. The male child was named Divodāsa, and the female child was named Ahalyā. From the womb of Ahalyā by the semen of her husband, Gautama, came a son named Śatānanda.

 

9.21.35

tasya satyadhṛtiḥ putro

dhanur-veda-viśāradaḥ

śaradvāḿs tat-suto yasmād

urvaśī-darśanāt kila

śara-stambe 'patad reto

mithunaḿ tad abhūc chubham

 

tasya — of him (Śatānanda); satyadhṛtiḥ — Satyadhṛti; putraḥ — a son; dhanuḥ-veda-viśāradaḥ — very expert in the art of archery; śaradvān — Śaradvān; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Satyadhṛti; yasmāt — from whom; urvaśī-darśanāt — simply by seeing the celestial Urvaśī; kila — indeed; śara-stambe — on a clump of śara grass; apatat — fell; retaḥ — semen; mithunam — a male and female; tat abhūt — there were born; śubham — all-auspicious.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The son of Śatānanda was Satyadhṛti, who was expert in archery, and the son of Satyadhṛti was Śaradvān. When Śaradvān met Urvaśī, he discharged semen, which fell on a clump of śara grass. From this semen were born two all-auspicious babies, one male and the other female.

 

9.21.36

tad dṛṣṭvā kṛpayāgṛhṇāc

chāntanur mṛgayāḿ caran

kṛpaḥ kumāraḥ kanyā ca

droṇa-patny abhavat kṛpī

 

tat — those twin male and female babies; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; kṛpayā — out of compassion; agṛhṇāt — took; śāntanuḥ — King Śāntanu; mṛgayām — while hunting in the forest; caran — wandering in that way; kṛpaḥ — Kṛpa; kumāraḥ — the male child; kanyā — the female child; ca — also; droṇa-patnī — the wife of Droṇācārya; abhavat — became; kṛpī — named Kṛpī.

 

TRANSLATION

 

While Mahārāja Śāntanu was on a hunting excursion, he saw the male and female children lying in the forest, and out of compassion he took them home. Consequently, the male child was known as Kṛpa, and the female child was named Kṛpī. Kṛpī later became the wife of Droṇācārya.