Chapter Twelve. The Descendents of Kuśa. rī-śuka uvāca. kuśasya cātithis tasmān. niṣadhas tat-suto nabhaḥ. puṇḍarīko 'tha tat-putraḥ. kṣemadhanvābhavat tataḥ. ukadeva G
Chapter Twelve
The Descendents of Kuśa
|| 9.12.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
kuśasya cātithis tasmān
niṣadhas tat-suto nabhaḥ
puṇḍarīko 'tha tat-putraḥ
kṣemadhanvābhavat tataḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The son of Rāmacandra was Kuśa, the son of Kuśa was Atithi, the son of Atithi was Niṣadha, and the son of Niṣadha was Nabha. The son of Nabha was Puṇḍarīka, and from Puṇḍarīka came a son named Kṣemadhanvā.
The Twelfth Chapter finishes describing the dynasty from Ikṣvāku’s son Vikṣuksi[147] with list of the Kuśa dynasty (coming from Rāmacandra) up to Sumitra.
|| 9.12.2 ||
devānīkas tato 'nīhaḥ
pāriyātro 'tha tat-sutaḥ
tato balasthalas tasmād
vajranābho 'rka-sambhavaḥ
SYNONYMS
The son of Kṣemadhanvā was Devānīka, Devānīka's son was Anīha, Anīha's son was Pāriyātra, and Pāriyātra's son was Balasthala. The son of Balasthala was Vajranābha, born from the effulgence of the sun-god.
Vajranābha was born from the rays of the sun.
|| 9.12.3-4 ||
sagaṇas tat-sutas tasmād
vidhṛtiś cābhavat sutaḥ
tato hiraṇyanābho 'bhūd
yogācāryas tu jaimineḥ
śiṣyaḥ kauśalya ādhyātmaṁ
yājñavalkyo 'dhyagād yataḥ
yogaṁ mahodayam ṛṣir
hṛdaya-granthi-bhedakam
The son of Vajranābha was Sagaṇa, and his son was Vidhṛti. The son of Vidhṛti was Hiraṇyanābha, who became a disciple of Jaimini and became a great ācārya of yoga. It is from Hiraṇyanābha that the sage Yājñavalkya learned the elevated system of adhyātma-yoga, which cuts the knot in the heart.
Hiraṇyanābha was the disciple of Jaimini and became an authority on yoga. From him (yataḥ) intelligent Yājñavalkya learned ādhyātma-yoga.
|| 9.12.5 ||
puṣpo hiraṇyanābhasya
dhruvasandhis tato 'bhavat
sudarśano 'thāgnivarṇaḥ
śīghras tasya maruḥ sutaḥ
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