Srimad Bhagavatam

Canto 9: Liberation
Chapter 17: The Dynasties of the Sons of Pururava

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Text* 1-3: Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: From PurÅ«ravÄ came a son named Ä€yu, whose very powerful sons were Nahuá¹£a, Ká¹£atravá¹›ddha, RajÄ«, RÄbha and AnenÄ. O MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, now hear about the dynasty of Ká¹£atravá¹›ddha. Ká¹£atravá¹›ddha’s son was Suhotra, who had three sons, named KÄÅ›ya, KuÅ›a and Gá¹›tsamada. From Gá¹›tsamada came Åšunaka, and from him came Åšaunaka, the great saint, the best of those conversant with the Ṛg Veda.
Text* 4: The son of KÄÅ›ya was KÄÅ›i, and his son was RÄṣṭra, the father of DÄ«rghatama. DÄ«rghatama had a son named Dhanvantari, who was the inaugurator of the medical science and an incarnation of Lord VÄsudeva, the enjoyer of the results of sacrifices. One who remembers the name of Dhanvantari can be released from all disease.
Text* 5: The son of Dhanvantari was KetumÄn, and his son was BhÄ«maratha. The son of BhÄ«maratha was DivodÄsa, and the son of DivodÄsa was DyumÄn, also known as Pratardana.
Text* 6: DyumÄn was also known as Åšatrujit, Vatsa, Ṛtadhvaja and KuvalayÄÅ›va. From him were born Alarka and other sons.
Text* 7: Alarka, the son of DyumÄn, reigned over the earth for sixty-six thousand years, my dear King ParÄ«ká¹£it. No one other than him has reigned over the earth for so long as a young man.
Text* 8: From Alarka came a son named Santati, and his son was Sunītha. The son of Sunītha was Niketana, the son of Niketana was Dharmaketu, and the son of Dharmaketu was Satyaketu.
Text* 9: O King ParÄ«ká¹£it, from Satyaketu came a son named Dhṛṣṭaketu, and from Dhṛṣṭaketu came SukumÄra, the emperor of the entire world. From SukumÄra came a son named VÄ«tihotra; from VÄ«tihotra, Bharga; and from Bharga, BhÄrgabhÅ«mi.
Text* 10: O MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it, all of these kings were descendants of KÄÅ›i, and they could also be called descendants of Ká¹£atravá¹›ddha. The son of RÄbha was Rabhasa, from Rabhasa came GambhÄ«ra, and from GambhÄ«ra came a son named Akriya.
Text* 11: The son of Akriya was known as Brahmavit, O King. Now hear about the descendants of AnenÄ. From AnenÄ came a son named Åšuddha, and his son was Åšuci. The son of Åšuci was DharmasÄrathi, also called Citraká¹›t.
Text* 12: From Citraká¹›t was born a son named ÅšÄntaraja, a self-realized soul who performed all kinds of Vedic ritualistic ceremonies and therefore did not beget any progeny. The sons of RajÄ« were five hundred, all very powerful.
Text* 13: On the request of the demigods, RajÄ« killed the demons and thus returned the kingdom of heaven to Lord Indra. But Indra, fearing such demons as PrahlÄda, returned the kingdom of heaven to RajÄ« and surrendered himself at Rajī’s lotus feet.
Text 14: Upon Rajī’s death, Indra begged Rajī’s sons for the return of the heavenly planet. They did not return it, however, although they agreed to return Indra’s shares in ritualistic ceremonies.
Text* 15: Thereafter, Bṛhaspati, the spiritual master of the demigods, offered oblations in the fire so that the sons of Rajī would fall from moral principles. When they fell, Lord Indra killed them easily because of their degradation. Not a single one of them remained alive.
Text* 16: From Kuśa, the grandson of Kṣatravṛddha, was born a son named Prati. The son of Prati was Sañjaya, and the son of Sañjaya was Jaya. From Jaya, Kṛta was born, and from Kṛta, King Haryabala.
Text 17: From Haryabala came a son named Sahadeva, and from Sahadeva came HÄ«na. The son of HÄ«na was Jayasena, and the son of Jayasena was Saá¹…ká¹›ti. The son of Saá¹…ká¹›ti was the powerful and expert fighter named Jaya. These kings were the members of the Ká¹£atravá¹›ddha dynasty. Now let me describe to you the dynasty of Nahuá¹£a.