Srimad Bhagavatam

Canto 9: Liberation
Chapter 22: The Descendants of Ajamidha

Text 0: Chapter Summary
Text* 1: Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: O King, the son of DivodÄsa was MitrÄyu, and from MitrÄyu came four sons, named Cyavana, SudÄsa, Sahadeva and Somaka. Somaka was the father of Jantu.
Text* 2: Somaka had one hundred sons, of whom the youngest was Pṛṣata. From Pṛṣata was born King Drupada, who was opulent in all supremacy.
Text* 3: From MahÄrÄja Drupada, DraupadÄ« was born. MahÄrÄja Drupada also had many sons, headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna. From Dhṛṣṭadyumna came a son named Dhṛṣṭaketu. All these personalities are known as descendants of BharmyÄÅ›va or as the dynasty of PÄñcÄla.
Text* 4-5: Another son of AjamÄ«á¸ha was known as Ṛká¹£a. From Ṛká¹£a came a son named Saá¹varaṇa, and from Saá¹varaṇa through the womb of his wife, TapatÄ«, the daughter of the sun-god, came Kuru, the King of Kuruká¹£etra. Kuru had four sons — ParÄ«ká¹£i, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Niá¹£adha. From Sudhanu, Suhotra was born, and from Suhotra, Cyavana. From Cyavana, Ká¹›tÄ« was born.
Text* 6: The son of Ká¹›tÄ« was Uparicara Vasu, and among his sons, headed by Bá¹›hadratha, were KuÅ›Ämba, Matsya, Pratyagra and Cedipa. All the sons of Uparicara Vasu became rulers of the Cedi state.
Text* 7: From Bá¹›hadratha, KuÅ›Ägra was born; from KuÅ›Ägra, Ṛṣabha; and from Ṛṣabha, Satyahita. The son of Satyahita was Puá¹£pavÄn, and the son of Puá¹£pavÄn was Jahu.
Text* 8: Through the womb of another wife, Bá¹›hadratha begot two halves of a son. When the mother saw those two halves she rejected them, but later a she-demon named JarÄ playfully joined them and said, “Come to life, come to life!†Thus the son named JarÄsandha was born.
Text* 9: From JarÄsandha came a son named Sahadeva; from Sahadeva, SomÄpi; and from SomÄpi, ÅšrutaÅ›ravÄ. The son of Kuru called ParÄ«ká¹£i had no sons, but the son of Kuru called Jahnu had a son named Suratha.
Text* 10: From Suratha came a son named VidÅ«ratha, from whom SÄrvabhauma was born. From SÄrvabhauma came Jayasena; from Jayasena, RÄdhika; and from RÄdhika, AyutÄyu.
Text* 11: From AyutÄyu came a son named Akrodhana, and his son was DevÄtithi. The son of DevÄtithi was Ṛká¹£a, the son of Ṛká¹£a was DilÄ«pa, and the son of DilÄ«pa was PratÄ«pa.
Text* 12-13: The sons of PratÄ«pa were DevÄpi, ÅšÄntanu and BÄhlÄ«ka. DevÄpi left the kingdom of his father and went to the forest, and therefore ÅšÄntanu became the king. ÅšÄntanu, who in his previous birth was known as MahÄbhiá¹£a, had the ability to transform anyone from old age to youth simply by touching that person with his hands.
Text 14-15: Because the King was able to make everyone happy for sense gratification, primarily by the touch of his hand, his name was ÅšÄntanu. Once, when there was no rainfall in the kingdom for twelve years and the King consulted his learned brahminical advisors, they said, “You are faulty for enjoying the property of your elder brother. For the elevation of your kingdom and home, you should return the kingdom to him.â€
Text* 16-17: When the brÄhmaṇas said this, MahÄrÄja ÅšÄntanu went to the forest and requested his elder brother DevÄpi to take charge of the kingdom, for it is the duty of a king to maintain his subjects. Previously, however, ÅšÄntanu’s minister AÅ›vavÄra had instigated some brÄhmaṇas to induce DevÄpi to transgress the injunctions of the Vedas and thus make himself unfit for the post of ruler. The brÄhmaṇas deviated DevÄpi from the path of the Vedic principles, and therefore when asked by ÅšÄntanu he did not agree to accept the post of ruler. On the contrary, he blasphemed the Vedic principles and therefore became fallen. Under the circumstances, ÅšÄntanu again became the king, and Indra, being pleased, showered rains. DevÄpi later took to the path of mystic yoga to control his mind and senses and went to the village named KalÄpagrÄma, where he is still living.
Text* 18-19: After the dynasty of the moon-god comes to an end in this Age of Kali, DevÄpi, in the beginning of the next Satya-yuga, will reestablish the Soma dynasty in this world. From BÄhlÄ«ka [the brother of ÅšÄntanu] came a son named Somadatta, who had three sons, named BhÅ«ri, BhÅ«riÅ›ravÄ and Åšala. From ÅšÄntanu, through the womb of his wife named Gaá¹…gÄ, came BhÄ«á¹£ma, the exalted, self-realized devotee and learned scholar.
Text 20: BhÄ«á¹£madeva was the foremost of all warriors. When he defeated Lord ParaÅ›urÄma in a fight, Lord ParaÅ›urÄma was very satisfied with him. By the semen of ÅšÄntanu in the womb of SatyavatÄ«, the daughter of a fisherman, CitrÄá¹…gada took birth.
Text* 21-24: CitrÄá¹…gada, of whom VicitravÄ«rya was the younger brother, was killed by a Gandharva who was also named CitrÄá¹…gada. SatyavatÄ«, before her marriage to ÅšÄntanu, gave birth to the master authority of the Vedas, VyÄsadeva, known as Kṛṣṇa DvaipÄyana, who was begotten by ParÄÅ›ara Muni. From VyÄsadeva, I [Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«] was born, and from him I studied this great work of literature, ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. The incarnation of Godhead VedavyÄsa, rejecting his disciples, headed by Paila, instructed ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam to me because I was free from all material desires. After AmbikÄ and AmbÄlikÄ, the two daughters of KÄśīrÄja, were taken away by force, VicitravÄ«rya married them, but because he was too attached to these two wives, he had a heart attack and died of tuberculosis.
Text 25: BÄdarÄyaṇa, ÅšrÄ« VyÄsadeva, following the order of his mother, SatyavatÄ«, begot three sons, two by the womb of AmbikÄ and AmbÄlikÄ, the two wives of his brother VicitravÄ«rya, and the third by VicitravÄ«rya’s maidservant. These sons were Dhá¹›tarÄṣṭra, PÄṇá¸u and Vidura.
Text* 26: Dhá¹›tarÄṣṭra’s wife, GÄndhÄrÄ«, gave birth to one hundred sons and one daughter, O King. The oldest of the sons was Duryodhana, and the daughter’s name was DuḥśalÄ.
Text* 27-28: PÄṇá¸u was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhiṣṭhira, BhÄ«ma and Arjuna were begotten through the womb of his wife, KuntÄ«, by DharmarÄja, by the demigod controlling the wind, and by the demigod controlling the rain. PÄṇá¸u’s second wife, MÄdrÄ«, gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva, who were begotten by the two AÅ›vinÄ«-kumÄras. The five brothers, headed by Yudhiṣṭhira, begot five sons through the womb of DraupadÄ«. These five sons were your uncles.
Text* 29: From Yudhiṣṭhira came a son named Prativindhya, from BhÄ«ma a son named Åšrutasena, from Arjuna a son named ÅšrutakÄ«rti, and from Nakula a son named ÅšatÄnÄ«ka.
Text* 30-31: O King, the son of Sahadeva was ÅšrutakarmÄ. Furthermore, Yudhiṣṭhira and his brothers begot other sons in other wives. Yudhiṣṭhira begot a son named Devaka through the womb of PauravÄ«, and BhÄ«masena begot a son named Ghaá¹­otkaca through his wife Hiá¸imbÄ and a son named Sarvagata through his wife KÄlÄ«. Similarly, Sahadeva had a son named Suhotra through his wife named VijayÄ, who was the daughter of the king of the mountains.
Text 32: Nakula begot a son named Naramitra through his wife named KareṇumatÄ«. Similarly, Arjuna begot a son named IrÄvÄn through his wife known as UlupÄ«, the daughter of the NÄgas, and a son named BabhruvÄhana by the womb of the princess of Maṇipura. BabhruvÄhana became the adopted son of the king of Maṇipura.
Text* 33: My dear King ParÄ«ká¹£it, your father, Abhimanyu, was born from the womb of SubhadrÄ as the son of Arjuna. He was the conqueror of all atirathas [those who could fight with one thousand charioteers]. From him, by the womb of UttarÄ, the daughter of VirÄá¸rÄja, you were born.
Text* 34: After the Kuru dynasty was annihilated in the Battle of Kuruká¹£etra, you also were about to be destroyed by the brahmÄstra atomic weapon released by the son of DroṇÄcÄrya, but by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, you were saved from death.
Text* 35: My dear King, your four sons — Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Bhīmasena and Ugrasena — are very powerful. Janamejaya is the eldest.
Text* 36: Because of your death by the Taká¹£aka snake, your son Janamejaya will be very angry and will perform a sacrifice to kill all the snakes in the world.
Text* 37: After conquering throughout the world and after accepting Tura, the son of Kalaá¹£a, as his priest, Janamejaya will perform aÅ›vamedha-yajñas, for which he will be known as Turaga-medhaá¹£Äá¹­.
Text* 38: The son of Janamejaya known as ÅšatÄnÄ«ka will learn from YÄjñavalkya the three Vedas and the art of performing ritualistic ceremonies. He will also learn the military art from Ká¹›pÄcÄrya and the transcendental science from the sage Åšaunaka.
Text* 39: The son of ÅšatÄnÄ«ka will be SahasrÄnÄ«ka, and from him will come the son named AÅ›vamedhaja. From AÅ›vamedhaja will come AsÄ«makṛṣṇa, and his son will be Nemicakra.
Text* 40: When the town of HastinÄpura [New Delhi] is inundated by the river, Nemicakra will live in the place known as KauÅ›ÄmbÄ«. His son will be celebrated as Citraratha, and the son of Citraratha will be Åšuciratha.
Text* 41: From Åšuciratha will come the son named VṛṣṭimÄn, and his son, Suá¹£eṇa, will be the emperor of the entire world. The son of Suá¹£eṇa will be SunÄ«tha, his son will be Ná¹›caká¹£u, and from Ná¹›caká¹£u will come a son named SukhÄ«nala.
Text* 42: The son of SukhÄ«nala will be Pariplava, and his son will be Sunaya. From Sunaya will come a son named MedhÄvÄ«; from MedhÄvÄ«, Ná¹›pañjaya; from Ná¹›pañjaya, DÅ«rva; and from DÅ«rva, Timi.
Text* 43: From Timi will come Bá¹›hadratha; from Bá¹›hadratha, SudÄsa; and from SudÄsa, ÅšatÄnÄ«ka. From ÅšatÄnÄ«ka will come Durdamana, and from him will come a son named MahÄ«nara.
Text* 44-45: The son of MahÄ«nara will be Daṇá¸apÄṇi, and his son will be Nimi, from whom King Ká¹£emaka will be born. I have now described to you the moon-god’s dynasty, which is the source of brÄhmaṇas and ká¹£atriyas and is worshiped by demigods and great saints. In this Kali-yuga, Ká¹£emaka will be the last monarch. Now I shall describe to you the future of the MÄgadha dynasty. Please listen.
Text* 46-48: Sahadeva, the son of JarÄsandha, will have a son named MÄrjÄri. From MÄrjÄri will come ÅšrutaÅ›ravÄ; from ÅšrutaÅ›ravÄ, YutÄyu; and from YutÄyu, Niramitra. The son of Niramitra will be Sunaká¹£atra, from Sunaká¹£atra will come Bá¹›hatsena, and from Bá¹›hatsena, Karmajit. The son of Karmajit will be Sutañjaya, the son of Sutañjaya will be Vipra, and his son will be Åšuci. The son of Åšuci will be Ká¹£ema, the son of Ká¹£ema will be Suvrata, and the son of Suvrata will be DharmasÅ«tra. From DharmasÅ«tra will come Sama; from Sama, Dyumatsena; from Dyumatsena, Sumati; and from Sumati, Subala.
Text 49: From Subala will come Sunītha; from Sunītha, Satyajit; from Satyajit, Viśvajit; and from Viśvajit, Ripuñjaya. All of these personalities will belong to the dynasty of Bṛhadratha, which will rule the world for one thousand years.