Puru’s Descendents:Śakuntalā
Chapter Twenty
Puru’s Descendents:Śakuntalā
|| 9.20.1 ||
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
pūror vaṁśaṁ pravakṣyāmi
yatra jāto 'si bhārata
yatra rājarṣayo vaṁśyā
brahma-vaṁśyāś ca jajñire
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O descendant of Mahārāja Bharata! I shall now describe the dynasty of Pūru, in which you were born, in which many lines of saintly kings and brāhmaṇas appeared.
The Twentieth Chapter tells the story of Śakuntalā in the story of Bharata, son of Duṣmanta, in Pūru’s dynasty. Brahma-vaṁśyāḥ means “producing dynasties of brāhmaṇas.
|| 9.20.2 ||
janamejayo hy abhūt pūroḥ
pracinvāṁs tat-sutas tataḥ
pravīro 'tha manusyur vai
tasmāc cārupado 'bhavat
King Janamejaya was born of this dynasty of Pūru. Janamejaya's son was Pracinvān, and his son was Pravīra. Thereafter, Pravīra's son was Manusyu, and from Manusyu came Cārupada.
|| 9.20.3 ||
tasya sudyur abhūt putras
tasmād bahugavas tataḥ
saṁyātis tasyāhaṁyātī
raudrāśvas tat-sutaḥ smṛtaḥ
The son of Cārupada was Sudyu, and the son of Sudyu was Bahugava. Bahugava's son was Saṁyāti. From Saṁyāti came a son named Ahaṁyāti, from whom Raudrāśva was born.
|| 9.20.4-5 ||
ṛteyus tasya kakṣeyuḥ
sthaṇḍileyuḥ kṛteyukaḥ
jaleyuḥ sannateyuś ca
dharma-satya-vrateyavaḥ
daśaite 'psarasaḥ putrā
vaneyuś cāvamaḥ smṛtaḥ
ghṛtācyām indriyāṇīva
mukhyasya jagad-ātmanaḥ
Raudrāśva had ten sons, named Ṛteyu, Kakṣeyu, Sthaṇḍileyu, Kṛteyuka, Jaleyu, Sannateyu, Dharmeyu, Satyeyu, Vrateyu and Vaneyu, born of the Apsarā Ghṛtācī. Of these ten sons, Vaneyu was the youngest. As the ten senses of the jīva are controlled by the main life air of the universe, these ten sons of Raudrāśva acted under Raudrāśva's full control.
Raudrāśva had ten sons. Dharma-satya-vrateyavaḥ means Dharmeyu, Satyeyu, Vrateyu. Vaneyu was the youngest. Ghṛtācyām is in the locative but has a genitive meaning. They were like the ten senses of the jīva.
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ṛteyo rantināvo 'bhūt
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