गर्गाच्छिनिस्ततो गार्ग्यः क्षत्राद् ब्रह्म ह्यवर्तत ।
दुरितक्षयो महावीर्यात् तस्य त्रय्यारुणिः कविः ॥१९॥
पुष्करारुणिरित्यत्र ये ब्राह्मणगतिं गताः ।
बृहत्क्षत्रस्य पुत्रोऽभूद्धस्ती यद्धस्तिनापुरम् ॥२०॥

gargāc chinis tato gārgyaḥ
kṣatrād brahma hy avartata
duritakṣayo mahāvīryāt
tasya trayyāruṇiḥ kaviḥ
puṣkarāruṇir ity atra
ye brāhmaṇa-gatiṁ gatāḥ
bṛhatkṣatrasya putro 'bhūd
dhastī yad-dhastināpuram

 gargāt - from Garga (another grandson of Bharadvāja); śiniḥ - a son named Śini; tataḥ - from him (Śini); gārgyaḥ - a son named Gārgya; kṣatrāt - although he was a kṣatriya; brahma - the brāhmaṇas; hi - in deed; avartata - became possible; duritakṣayaḥ - a son named Duritakṣaya; mahāvīryāt - from Mahāvīrya (another grandson of Bharadvāja); tasya - his; trayyāruṇiḥ - the son named Trayyāruṇi; kaviḥ - a son named Kavi; puṣkarāruṇiḥ - a son named Puṣkarāruṇi; iti - thus; atra - therein; ye - all of them; brāhmaṇa-gatim - the position of brāhmaṇas; gatāḥ - achieved; bṛhatkṣatrasya - of the grandson of Bharadvāja named Bṛhatkṣatra; putraḥ - the son; abhūt - became; hastī - Hastī; yat - from whom; hastināpuram - the city of Hastināpura (New Delhi) was established.


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From Garga came a son named Śini, and his son was Gārgya. Although Gārgya was a kṣatriya, there came from him a generation of brahmaṇas. From Mahāvīrya came a son named Duritakṣaya, whose sons were Trayyāruṇi, Kavi and Puṣkarāruṇi. Although these sons of Duritakṣaya took birth in a dynasty of kṣatriyas, they too attained the position of brāhmaṇas. Bṛhatkṣatra had a son named Hastī, who established the city of Hastināpura [now New Delhi].

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