The Descendents of Ṛkṣa
Chapter Twenty-two
The Descendents of Ṛkṣa
|| 9.22.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
mitrāyuś ca divodāsāc
cyavanas tat-suto nṛpa
sudāsaḥ sahadevo 'tha
somako jantu-janmakṛt
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, the son of Divodāsa was Mitrāyu, and from Mitrāyu came four sons, named Cyavana, Sudāsa, Sahadeva and Somaka. Somaka was the father of Jantu.
The Twenty-second Chapter describes Draupadī in the Divodasa’s dynasty, and Jarāsandha, Duryodhana and Arjuna in Rkṣa’s dynasty.
|| 9.22.2 ||
tasya putra-śataṁ teṣāṁ
yavīyān pṛṣataḥ sutaḥ
sa tasmād drupado jajñe
sarva-sampat-samanvitaḥ
Somaka had one hundred sons, of whom the youngest was Pṛṣata. From Pṛṣata was born King Drupada, who was opulent in all supremacy.
Tasya refers to Somaka. Of Somaka’s hundred sons, Jantu was the eldest and Pṛṣata was the youngest. From Pṛṣata was born Drupada
|| 9.22.3 ||
drupadād draupadī tasya
dhṛṣṭadyumnādayaḥ sutāḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnād dhṛṣṭaketur
bhārmyāḥ pāñcālakā ime
From Mahārāja Drupada, Draupadī was born. Mahārāja Drupada also had many sons, headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna. From Dhṛṣṭadyumna came a son named Dhṛṣṭaketu. All these personalities are known as descendants of Bharmyāśva or as the dynasty of Pāñcāla.
|| 9.22.4-5 ||
yo 'jamīḍha-suto hy anya
ṛkṣaḥ saṁvaraṇas tataḥ
tapatyāṁ sūrya-kanyāyāṁ
kurukṣetra-patiḥ kuruḥ
parīkṣiḥ sudhanur jahnur
niṣadhaś ca kuroḥ sutāḥ
suhotro 'bhūt sudhanuṣaś
cyavano 'tha tataḥ kṛtī
Another son of Ajamīḍha was known as Ṛkṣa. From Ṛkṣa came a son named Saṁvaraṇa, and from Saṁvaraṇa through the womb of his wife, Tapatī, the daughter of the sun-god, came Kuru, the King of Kurukṣetra. Kuru had four sons--Parīkṣi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Niṣadha. From Sudhanu, Suhotra was born, and from Suhotra, Cyavana. From Cyavana, Kṛtī was born.
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vasus tasyoparicaro
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