Dynasties of Yayāti’s Four Sons
Chapter Twenty-three
Dynasties of Yayāti’s Four Sons
|| 9.23.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
anoḥ sabhānaraś cakṣuḥ
pareṣṇuś ca trayaḥ sutāḥ
sabhānarāt kālanaraḥ
sṛñjayas tat-sutas tataḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Anu, the fourth son of Yayāti, had three sons, named Sabhānara, Cakṣu and Pareṣṇu. O King, from Sabhānara came a son named Kālanara, and from Kālanara came a son named Sṛñjaya.
The Twenty-third Chapter described the dynasties of Anu, Druhya, Turasu and Yadu, ending with Jyāmagha, and describes the glory of Kartavīryārjuna. Having described the dynasty of Pūru’s fifth son Yayāti, the dynasties from the other four sons are now described.
|| 9.23.2 ||
janamejayas tasya putro
mahāśālo mahāmanāḥ
uśīnaras titikṣuś ca
mahāmanasa ātmajau
From Sṛñjaya came a son named Janamejaya. From Janamejaya came Mahāśāla; from Mahāśāla, Mahāmanā; and from Mahāmanā two sons, named Uśīnara and Titikṣu.
|| 9.23.3-4 ||
śibir varaḥ kṛmir dakṣaś
catvārośīnarātmajāḥ
vṛṣādarbhaḥ sudhīraś ca
madraḥ kekaya ātmavān
śibeś catvāra evāsaṁs
titikṣoś ca ruṣadrathaḥ
tato homo 'tha sutapā
baliḥ sutapaso 'bhavat
The four sons of Uśīnara were Śibi, Vara, Kṛmi and Dakṣa, and from Śibi again came four sons, named Vṛṣādarbha, Sudhīra, Madra and Kekaya. The son of Titikṣu was Ruṣadratha. From Ruṣadratha came Homa; from Homa, Sutapā; and from Sutapā, Bali.
Catvārośīnarātmajāḥ should be catvāra uśīnarātmajāḥ,
|| 9.23.5 ||
aṅga-vaṅga-kaliṅgādyāḥ
suhma-puṇḍrauḍra-saṁjñitāḥ
jajñire dīrghatamaso
baleḥ kṣetre mahīkṣitaḥ
By the semen of Dīrghatamā in the wife of Bali, the emperor of the world, six sons took birth, namely Aṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, Suhma, Puṇḍra and Oḍra.
Through the wife of Bali, the son of Utathya (brother of Bṛhaspati), named Dīrghatamasā were born six sons.
|| 9.23.6 ||
cakruḥ sva-nāmnā viṣayān
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