The Line of Puru down to Bharata

Verse 1 (1.88.1)

पुत्रं ययातेः प्रब्रूहि पूरुं धर्मभृतां वरम् । आनुपूर्व्येण ये चान्ये पूरोर्वंशविवर्धनाः ॥

putraṃ yayāteḥ prabrūhi pūruṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varam | ānupūrvyeṇa ye cānye pūrorvaṃśavivardhanāḥ

Tell me of Puru, son of Yayati, best of those who uphold dharma, and, in due order, of the others who made Puru's line flourish.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रबूहि → प्रब्रूहि (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र, as in the critical edition's apparatus). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its apparatus, 1.89.1*870).

Verse 2 (1.88.2)

विस्तरेण पुनर्ब्रूहि दौष्यन्तेर्जनमेजयात् । संबभूव यथा राजा भरतो द्विजसत्तम ॥

vistareṇa punarbrūhi dauṣyanterjanamejayāt | saṃbabhūva yathā rājā bharato dvijasattama

Tell me again, in full, best of the twice-born, how King Bharata, the son of Dushyanta, came to be after Janamejaya.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its apparatus, 1.89.1*870).

Verse 3 (1.88.3)

पूरुर्नृपतिशार्दूलो यथैवास्य पिता नृप । धर्मनित्यः स्थितो राज्ये शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः ॥

pūrurnṛpatiśārdūlo yathaivāsya pitā nṛpa | dharmanityaḥ sthito rājye śakratulyaparākramaḥ

Puru, a tiger among kings, was, like his father, O king, ever devoted to dharma as he ruled, and his valour was equal to Shakra's.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its apparatus, 1.89.4*871).

Verse 4 (1.88.4)

प्रवीरेश्वररौद्राश्वास्त्रयः पुत्रा महारथाः । पूरोः पौष्ट्यामजायन्त प्रवीरो वंशकृत्ततः ॥

pravīreśvararaudrāśvāstrayaḥ putrā mahārathāḥ | pūroḥ pauṣṭyāmajāyanta pravīro vaṃśakṛttataḥ

Pravira, Ishvara and Raudrashva, three sons and great chariot-warriors, were born to Puru by Paushti. Of them Pravira carried on the line.

Verse 5 (1.88.5)

मनस्युरभवत्तस्माच्छूरसेनीसुतः प्रभुः । पृथिव्याश्चतुरन्ताया गोप्ता राजीवलोचनः ॥

manasyurabhavattasmācchūrasenīsutaḥ prabhuḥ | pṛthivyāścaturantāyā goptā rājīvalocanaḥ

From him was born Manasyu, the son of Shuraseni, a mighty lord, lotus-eyed, protector of the four-cornered earth.

Verse 6 (1.88.6)

शक्तः संहननो वाग्मी सौवीरीतनयास्त्रयः । मनस्योरभवन्पुत्राः शूराः सर्वे महारथाः ॥

śaktaḥ saṃhanano vāgmī sauvīrītanayāstrayaḥ | manasyorabhavanputrāḥ śūrāḥ sarve mahārathāḥ

Shakta, Samhanana and Vagmi, the three sons of Sauviri, were born to Manasyu, all of them heroes and great chariot-warriors.

Verse 7 (1.88.7)

अन्वग्भानुप्रभृतयो मिश्रकेश्यां मनस्विनः । रौद्राश्वस्य महेष्वासा दशाप्सरसि सूनवः ॥

anvagbhānuprabhṛtayo miśrakeśyāṃ manasvinaḥ | raudrāśvasya maheṣvāsā daśāpsarasi sūnavaḥ

Raudrashva had ten sons by the apsaras Mishrakeshi, spirited men and mighty archers, Anvagbhanu and the rest.

Note on the text: Matched by hand: the second line is the critical edition 1.89.8ab; the first line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints it in its apparatus, 1.89.7*873).

Verse 8 (1.88.8)

यज्वानो जज्ञिरे शूराः प्रजावन्तो बहुश्रुताः । सर्वे सर्वास्त्रविद्वासः सर्वे धर्मपरायणाः ॥

yajvāno jajñire śūrāḥ prajāvanto bahuśrutāḥ | sarve sarvāstravidvāsaḥ sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ

They were born sacrificers and heroes, blessed with children and deeply learned, all masters of every weapon, all devoted to dharma.

Note on the text: Matched by hand to the critical edition 1.89.8cdef.

Verse 9 (1.88.9)

ऋचेयुरथ कक्षेयुः कृकणेयुश्च वीर्यवान् । स्थण्डिलेयुर्वनेयुश्च जलेयुश्च महायशाः ॥

ṛceyuratha kakṣeyuḥ kṛkaṇeyuśca vīryavān | sthaṇḍileyurvaneyuśca jaleyuśca mahāyaśāḥ

They were Richeyu, Kaksheyu, mighty Krikaneyu, Sthandileyu, Vaneyu and illustrious Jaleyu;

Verse 10 (1.88.10)

तेजेयुर्बलवान्धीमान्सत्येयुश्चन्द्रविक्रमः । धर्मेयुः सन्नतेयुश्च दशमो देवविक्रमः ॥

tejeyurbalavāndhīmānsatyeyuścandravikramaḥ | dharmeyuḥ sannateyuśca daśamo devavikramaḥ

Tejeyu, strong and wise, Satyeyu of moonlike valour, Dharmeyu, and Sannateyu, the tenth, with the valour of a god.

Note on the text: Corrected बलावान् → बलवान् (misprint in Wikisource; as in the critical edition). Matched by hand to the critical edition 1.89.10abcd, of which this is a variant reading.

Verse 11 (1.88.11)

अनाधृष्टिरभूत्तेषां विद्वान्भुवि तथैकराट् । ऋचेयुरथ विक्रान्तो देवानामिव वासवः ॥

anādhṛṣṭirabhūtteṣāṃ vidvānbhuvi tathaikarāṭ | ṛceyuratha vikrānto devānāmiva vāsavaḥ

Among them Anadhrishti, a learned man, became sole sovereign on earth; this was Richeyu, valiant as Vasava among the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its apparatus, 1.89.10*875).

Verse 12 (1.88.12)

अनाधृष्टिसुतस्त्वासीद्राजसूयाश्वमेधकृत् । मतिनार इति ख्यातो राजा परमधार्मिकः ॥

anādhṛṣṭisutastvāsīdrājasūyāśvamedhakṛt | matināra iti khyāto rājā paramadhārmikaḥ

Anadhrishti's son, who performed the rajasuya and the horse sacrifice, was a most righteous king known as Matinara.

Note on the text: Not in this form in the critical edition; it corresponds loosely to 1.89.10ef–11ab.

Verse 13 (1.88.13)

मतिनारसुता राजंश्चत्वारोऽमितविक्रमाः । तंसुर्महानतिरथो द्रुह्युश्चाप्रतिमद्युतिः ॥

matinārasutā rājaṃścatvāro'mitavikramāḥ | taṃsurmahānatiratho druhyuścāpratimadyutiḥ

Matinara's sons, O king, were four, of boundless valour: Tamsu, Mahan, Atiratha, and Druhyu of matchless splendour.

Note on the text: Matched by hand to the critical edition 1.89.11cdef.

Verse 14 (1.88.14)

तेषां तंसुर्महावीर्यः पौरवं वंशमुद्वहन् । आजहार यशो दीप्तं जिगाय च वसुंधराम् ॥

teṣāṃ taṃsurmahāvīryaḥ pauravaṃ vaṃśamudvahan | ājahāra yaśo dīptaṃ jigāya ca vasuṃdharām

Of them, mighty Tamsu, bearing the Paurava line onward, won blazing fame and conquered the earth.

Verse 15 (1.88.15)

ईलिनं तु सुतं तंसुर्जनयामास वीर्यवान् । सोऽपि कृत्स्नामिमां भूमिं विजिग्ये जयतां वरः ॥

īlinaṃ tu sutaṃ taṃsurjanayāmāsa vīryavān | so'pi kṛtsnāmimāṃ bhūmiṃ vijigye jayatāṃ varaḥ

Valiant Tamsu fathered a son, Ilina, and he too, best of conquerors, conquered the whole of this earth.

Verse 16 (1.88.16)

रथन्तर्यां सुतान्पञ्च पञ्चभूतोपमांस्ततः । ईलिनो जनयामास दुष्यन्तप्रभृतीन्नृपान् ॥

rathantaryāṃ sutānpañca pañcabhūtopamāṃstataḥ | īlino janayāmāsa duṣyantaprabhṛtīnnṛpān

Then Ilina fathered five sons by Rathantari, kings like the five elements, Dushyanta first among them:

Verse 17 (1.88.17)

दुष्यन्तं शूरभीमौ च प्रवसुं वसुमेव च । तेषां श्रेष्ठोऽभवद्राजा दुष्यन्तो दुर्जयो युधि ॥

duṣyantaṃ śūrabhīmau ca pravasuṃ vasumeva ca | teṣāṃ śreṣṭho'bhavadrājā duṣyanto durjayo yudhi

Dushyanta, Shura, Bhima, Pravasu and Vasu. The best of them was King Dushyanta, hard to conquer in battle.

Verse 18 (1.88.18)

दुष्यन्ताल्लक्षणायां तु जज्ञे वै जनमेजयः । शकुन्तलायां भरतो दौष्यन्तिरभवत्सुतः ॥

duṣyantāllakṣaṇāyāṃ tu jajñe vai janamejayaḥ | śakuntalāyāṃ bharato dauṣyantirabhavatsutaḥ

To Dushyanta, Janamejaya was born of Lakshana, and Bharata, Dushyanta's son, was born of Shakuntala.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension; the critical edition prints these lines in its apparatus, 1.89.16*877, in place of its 1.89.16ab).

Verse 19 (1.88.19)

तस्माद्भरतवंशस्य विप्रतस्थे महद्यशः ॥

tasmādbharatavaṃśasya vipratasthe mahadyaśaḥ

From him the great fame of the Bharata line spread far and wide.

Note on the text: A single half-verse in Wikisource; matched by hand to the critical edition 1.89.16cd.