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2024-03-29, 3:05 PM |
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Chapter
22: The
Descendants of Ajamîdha:
the Pândavas and Kauravas
(1) S'rî S'uka said: 'Mitrâyu
was born from
Divodâsa and his sons oh protector of man, were Cyavana,
Sudâsa, Sahadeva and Somaka. Somaka next was the father of Jantu.
(2) From him there were
a hundred sons and Prishata was the youngest of them. Prishata begot Drupada who was opulent in every way. (3)
Draupadî [the wife of the Pândavas] was fathered by
Drupada. His sons
were headed by Dhrishthadyumna who begot Dhrishthaketu. All
these
descendants of Bharmyâs'va [9.21:
31-33] are known as the
Pâñcâlas.
(4-5) Riksha was another son begotten by
Ajamîdha. He fathered Samvarana who with his wife Tapatî,
the daughter of the sun god, gave birth to Kuru [see family-tree], the king of Kurukshetra. Parîkshi,
Sudhanu, Jahnu and Nishadha were the sons of Kuru. Sudhanu fathered Suhotra and he begot
[another] Cyavana. Kriti was born from his loins. (6) Uparicara Vasu was born because of Kritî. His sons who were headed by Brihadratha were
Kus'âmba, Matsya, Pratyagra, Cedipa and others. They all ruled
the state of Cedi. (7) Brihadratha gave life to
Kus'âgra who begot Rishabha. He on his turn fathered Satyahita who had a son
called Pushpavân
whose
son
was
Jahu. (8)
Brihadratha begot with a second wife he had
a son in two halves who, because the mother rejected them, by
Jarâ [the daughter of Time, see also 4.27: 19]
playfully were united while she said: 'Come alive, come alive'. Thus a
son called Jarâsandha ['Jarâ's hermaphrodite'] was born
[who later became a vital enemy of Lord Krishna]. (9) He
[Jarâsandha] gave life to Sahadeva whose son Somâpi fathered
S'rutas'ravâ.
Parîkshi [another son of
Kuru] had no
children while Jahnu begot a son named Suratha. (10)
From him there was Vidûratha who brought Sârvabauma into
the world. He had Jayasena and his son Râdhika gave life to
Ayutâyu. (11) Ayutâyu became the
father of
Akrodhana who had a son named Devâtithi. He brought Riksha into
the world who had a son called Dilîpa and because of him the son
Pratîpa appeared. (12-13) From
him the sons
Devâpi,
S'ântanu and Bâhlîka appeared.
It was Devâpi the eldest one, who rejected his father's realm and
left
for the forest so that S'ântanu became the king. He in a previous
life
had been the celebrated Mahâbhisha. Whomever was touched by him with his hands attained
youth, however old that person would be. (14-15) Because one primarily by the touch of his
hands was purified, he was known as S'ântanu. When
Indra, the king of heaven, for twelve years had not showered any rain
in his kingdom, his brahmins told him:
'You are at fault for preceding
your older brother [Devâpi] in
enjoying the kingdom [and are
thus a so-called parivettâ]. For the full
development of your homestead and kingdom, immediately return the realm
to him.'
(16-17) Thus
being advised by the brahmins he asked Devâpi to take charge of
the kingdom, but from what he replied became clear that he had given up
on the Vedas. That had happened because the brahmins in
the
past, on the instigation of S'ântanu's
minister, had prompted him with words that went against the Vedic
instructions. When that was said [and
S'ântanu
finally
accepted
the
realm]
the
demigod showered
the rains. Devâpi thereupon
sought his refuge in the village of
Kalâpa where he took up the practice of yoga [in which he is
still engaged today]. (18-19) After
the
Soma
dynasty
in
Kali
Yuga
has disappeared, it will [by him] at the beginning
of the next one, Satya Yuga, be reestablished. Bâhlîka
[S'ântanu's brother] begot Somadatta and from him there were
Bhûri, Bhûris'ravâ and S'ala.
S'ântanu begot in his wife Gangâ the self-realized great
devotee and scholar Bhîshma [see also 1.9],
who
is
the
best
defender
of
the
dharma. (20) By
him, the foremost of all warriors, even
Paras'urâma - to his own satisfaction - was defeated in a fight [*]. From the womb of
[Satyavatî] the daughter of Dâsa [a fisherman **] S'ântanu brought about the son Citrângada. (21-24) Citrângada
was
killed by a Gandharva carrying the same name. Vicitravîrya was a younger brother of Citrângada. The sage
Parâs'ara gave with his mother [Satyavatî, previous to her
marriage to S'ântanu] life to a direct expansion of the Lord, a
great muni who protected the Vedas: Krishna Dvaipâyana Vyâsadeva [also called
Bâdarâyana], from
whom
I [S'ukadeva] was born. With him I studied this [Bhâgavatam]
thoroughly. He, the [partial] incarnation of the Lord, rejected his
pupils Paila and others. But me, his son who was far removed from
sense gratification, he taught this
supreme
literature
of
confidential
knowledge.
Vicitravîrya later on married the two
daughters of Kâs'îrâja called Ambikâ and Ambâlikâ who by force were brought from
the arena of selection. But because he was too attached in his heart to
the both of them he died of an
infection with tuberculosis. (25)
With
no offspring from the half-brother, Vyâsadeva
was instructed by [in devarena sutotpatti, see footnote
9.6] his mother
[Satyavatî] to father sons: Dhritarâshthra, Pându
[with respectively Ambikâ and Ambâlikâ] and also a son named Vidura [whom he begot with
Vicitravîrya's maidservant, see also 1: 13]. (26) From Gândhârî
the
wife
of
Dhritarâshthra
a hundred sons were born oh protector of
man. Duryodhana was the eldest. There was also a daughter called
Duhs'alâ.
(27-28) Pându had to restrain his sexual life because of a curse, and therefore the great [Pândava]
heroes, the three sons [Bhîma, Arjuna] headed by Yudhishthhira
were begotten with [his wife]
Kuntî by Dharma [the god of piety], Anila [the god of the wind]
and Indra [not mentioning Karna
who was brought forth by the sun god]. Nakula and Sahadeva were
begotten
by the two As'vins [Nâsatya and
Dasra] in the womb of
Mâdrî. From these
five brothers [with Draupadî] five sons were born: your uncles. (29)
Yudhishthhira had the son Prativindhya, Bhîma had S'rutasena,
from Arjuna
came S'rutakîrti and from Nakula S'atânîka appeared. (30-31) Sahadeva
oh
King,
had
S'rutakarmâ.
Yudhishthhira
furthermore
had
the
son
Devaka with
Pauravî
and
Bhîma had
Ghathotkaca with Hidimbâ and Sarvagata with Kâlî.
Sahadeva fathered the
son Suhotra with Vijayâ,
the daughter of the Himalayan king
[Pârvatî]. (32) Nakula had
with Karenumatî a son named Naramitra and Arjuna begot the son
Irâvân together with Ulupî [a Nâga daughter]
and the son Babhruvâhana with the princess of Manipura. Even though he was Arjuna's
son Abhruvâhana was adopted by the father-in-law [because of a condition he set for the
marriage].
(33) Your father Abhimanyu was born from Subhadrâ [Krishna's
sister wed to Arjuna]. He was a
great hero
who defeated all Atirathas ['those who can oppose a thousand
charioteers']. You have taken birth from Uttarâ because of him. (34)
With the annihilation of the Kuru dynasty
As'vatthâmâ also tried
to put you to death with the
heat of
the brahmâstra weapon, but by the mercy of Lord Krishna
you were saved from ending that way [see 1.8]. (35)
Your sons my best one, with Janamejaya first and then S'rutasena,
Bhîmasena and Ugrasena, are all greatly powerful. (36) When
Janamejaya learns that
you have died because of Takshaka, he in great anger will offer all
snakes during a fire sacrifice. (37) After having
conquered
each
and
every
part
of
the
world
he will appoint Tura, the son of Kalasha, for his
priest and be
of sacrifice in as'vamedha offerings for which he will be
celebrated as Turuga-medhashâth ['performer of many
horse-sacrifices']. (38) S'atânîka, his son, will under
Yâjñavalkya thoroughly study the three Vedas as also the
way to put the spiritual knowledge into practice [with ceremonies]. He
will realize
the military art [from Kripâcârya] and with S'aunaka
he will arrive at the realization of the transcendental truth. (39) His
son Sahasrânîka will
have one carrying the name As'vamedhaja who will beget
Asîmakrishna who will have a son called
Nemicakra. (40) With
Hastinâpura flooded
by the river [the Ganges],
he [Nemicakra] from sheer necessity will live at Kaus'âmbî,
whereafter from
his son called Citraratha there will be the son S'uciratha. (41)
From him there will also be a son,
Vrishthimân, because of whom next Sushena will take his birth, an
emperor. His son Sunîtha will have one called Nricakshu and he
will father Sukhînala. (42)
Pariplava will be his son and
from Sunaya succeeding him Medhâvî
will appear. Nripañjaya will be his son and he will beget Dûrva from whose loins Timi
will take birth. (43) From Timi the son Brihadratha
will appear from whose son Sudâsa the son
S'atânîka will be given life. S'atânîka will
have a son called Durdamana and his son will be Mahînara. (44-45)
Dandapâni fathered by him, will give life to Nimi because of whom
Kshemaka will take
birth. With Kshemaka closing the row as the monarch this dynasty will
end, this source of brahmins and kshatriyas
that is respected by the seers and the godly ones in Kali Yuga. In the
future there will be next the kings of Mâgadha. Let me tell you
about them.
(46-48) Sahadeva [the son
of Jarâsandha] will beget the son Mârjâri.
S'rutas'ravâ will be his
son, Yutâyu will be his successor and his son Niramitra will
father
Sunakshatra. Sunakshatra will
be the father of Brihatsena and his son Karmajit will have the son
Sutañjaya from whose loins Vipra will be born who will give life
to a
son called S'uci. Kshema who is born thereafter will have the son
Suvrata from whom Dharmasûtra will appear. His son Sama will beget Dyumatsena who is
succeeded by Sumati from whose loins Subala will take birth. (49)
From Sunîtha [Subala's son] Satyajit will be brought into the
world and from his son Vis'vajit there will be a son called
Ripuñjaya. The line of
Brihadratha in which all these
kings are born will last a
thousand years.'
(Picture: family tree from Kuru
up
to
the
Pândavas)
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