The Dynasty of Kusha, Down to the End of the Solar Line

Verse 1 (bhagavata.9.12.1)

श्रीशुक उवाच कुशस्य चातिथिस्तस्मान्निषधस्तत्सुतो नभः । पुण्डरीकोऽथ तत्पुत्रः क्षेमधन्वाभवत्ततः ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca kuśasya cātithis tasmān niṣadhas tat-suto nabhaḥ puṇḍarīko ’tha tat-putraḥ kṣemadhanvābhavat tataḥ

Shri Shuka said: From Kusha came Atithi; from him Nishadha; his son was Nabha; Nabha's son was Pundarika; and from him came Kshemadhanva.

Verse 2 (bhagavata.9.12.2)

देवानीकस्ततोऽनीहः पारियात्रोऽथ तत्सुतः । ततो बलस्थलस्तस्माद् वज्रनाभोऽर्कसम्भवः ॥ २ ॥

devānīkas tato ’nīhaḥ pāriyātro ’tha tat-sutaḥ tato balasthalas tasmād vajranābho ’rka-sambhavaḥ

From him came Devanika; from him Aniha; his son was Pariyatra; from him Balasthala; and from him Vajranabha, said to be born of the sun-god's own radiance.

Verse 3 (bhagavata.9.12.3)

सगणस्तत्सुतस्तस्माद् विधृतिश्चाभवत् सुतः । ततो हिरण्यनाभोऽभूद् योगाचार्यस्तु जैमिनेः ॥ ३ ॥

sagaṇas tat-sutas tasmād vidhṛtiś cābhavat sutaḥ tato hiraṇyanābho ’bhūd yogācāryas tu jaimineḥ

His son was Sagana; his son Vidhriti; from him came Hiranyanabha, who became a teacher of yoga to Jaimini.

Verse 4 (bhagavata.9.12.4)

शिष्यः कौशल्य आध्यात्मं याज्ञवल्क्योऽध्यगाद् यतः । योगं महोदयम् ऋषिर्हृदयग्रन्थिभेदकम् ॥ ४ ॥

śiṣyaḥ kauśalya ādhyātmaṁ yājñavalkyo ’dhyagād yataḥ yogaṁ mahodayam ṛṣir hṛdaya-granthi-bhedakam

It was from him that the sage Yajnavalkya of Koshala, as his disciple, learned that exalted spiritual yoga which severs the knot within the heart.

Verse 5 (bhagavata.9.12.5)

पुष्पो हिरण्यनाभस्य ध्रुवसन्धिस्ततोऽभवत् । सुदर्शनोऽथाग्निवर्णः शीघ्रस्तस्य मरुः सुतः ॥ ५ ॥

puṣpo hiraṇyanābhasya dhruvasandhis tato ’bhavat sudarśano ’thāgnivarṇaḥ śīghras tasya maruḥ sutaḥ

Hiranyanabha's son was Pushpa; his son Dhruvasandhi; then Sudarshana; then Agnivarna; his son was Shighra, and Shighra's son was Maru.

Verse 6 (bhagavata.9.12.6)

सोऽसावास्ते योगसिद्धः कलापग्राममास्थितः । कलेरन्ते सूर्यवंशं नष्टं भावयिता पुनः ॥ ६ ॥

so ’sāv āste yoga-siddhaḥ kalāpa-grāmam āsthitaḥ kaler ante sūrya-vaṁśaṁ naṣṭaṁ bhāvayitā punaḥ

That very Maru still lives even now, perfected in yoga, dwelling in the village of Kalapa; at the end of Kali-yuga he will restore the extinguished solar dynasty once more.

Verse 7 (bhagavata.9.12.7)

तस्मात् प्रसुश्रुतस्तस्य सन्धिस्तस्याप्यमर्षणः । महस्वांस्तत्सुतस्तस्माद् विश्वबाहुरजायत ॥ ७ ॥

tasmāt prasuśrutas tasya sandhis tasyāpy amarṣaṇaḥ mahasvāṁs tat-sutas tasmād viśvabāhur ajāyata

From Maru came Prasushruta; from him Sandhi; from him Amarshana; his son was Mahasvan; and from him was born Vishvabahu.

Verse 8 (bhagavata.9.12.8)

ततः प्रसेनजित् तस्मात् तक्षको भविता पुनः । ततो बृहद्बलो यस्तु पित्रा ते समरे हतः ॥ ८ ॥

tataḥ prasenajit tasmāt takṣako bhavitā punaḥ tato bṛhadbalo yas tu pitrā te samare hataḥ

From him will come Prasenajit; from him, in turn, Takshaka; and from him Brihadbala — who was slain in battle by your own father.

Verse 9 (bhagavata.9.12.9)

एते हीक्ष्वाकुभूपाला अतीताः शृण्वनागतान् । बृहद्बलस्य भविता पुत्रो नाम्ना बृहद्रणः ॥ ९ ॥

ete hīkṣvāku-bhūpālā atītāḥ śṛṇv anāgatān bṛhadbalasya bhavitā putro nāmnā bṛhadraṇaḥ

These kings of the Ikshvaku line already belong to the past; now hear of those yet to come. From Brihadbala will be born a son named Brihadrana.

Verse 10 (bhagavata.9.12.10)

ऊरुक्रियः सुतस्तस्य वत्सवृद्धो भविष्यति । प्रतिव्योमस्ततो भानुर्दिवाको वाहिनीपतिः ॥ १० ॥

ūrukriyaḥ sutas tasya vatsavṛddho bhaviṣyati prativyomas tato bhānur divāko vāhinī-patiḥ

His son will be Urukriya, whose son will be Vatsavriddha; from him Prativyoma; from him Bhanu; and from him Divaka, a great commander of armies.

Verse 11 (bhagavata.9.12.11)

सहदेवस्ततो वीरो बृहदश्वोऽथ भानुमान् । प्रतीकाश्वो भानुमतः सुप्रतीकोऽथ तत्सुतः ॥ ११ ॥

sahadevas tato vīro bṛhadaśvo ’tha bhānumān pratīkāśvo bhānumataḥ supratīko ’tha tat-sutaḥ

From him will come the hero Sahadeva; then Brihadashva; then Bhanuman; then Pratikashva; and his son will be Supratika.

Verse 12 (bhagavata.9.12.12)

भविता मरुदेवोऽथ सुनक्षत्रोऽथ पुष्करः । तस्यान्तरिक्षस्तत्पुत्रः सुतपास्तदमित्रजित् ॥ १२ ॥

bhavitā marudevo ’tha sunakṣatro ’tha puṣkaraḥ tasyāntarikṣas tat-putraḥ sutapās tad amitrajit

Then will come Marudeva, then Sunakshatra, then Pushkara; his son will be Antariksha; his son Sutapa; and his son Amitrajit.

Verse 13 (bhagavata.9.12.13)

बृहद्राजस्तु तस्यापि बर्हिस्तस्मात् कृतञ्जयः । रणञ्जयस्तस्य सुतः सञ्जयो भविता ततः ॥ १३ ॥

bṛhadrājas tu tasyāpi barhis tasmāt kṛtañjayaḥ raṇañjayas tasya sutaḥ sañjayo bhavitā tataḥ

From him will come Brihadraja; from him Barhi; from him Kritanjaya; his son will be known as Rananjaya; and from him will come Sanjaya.

Verse 14 (bhagavata.9.12.14)

तस्माच्छाक्योऽथ शुद्धोदो लाङ्गलस्तत्सुतः स्मृतः । ततः प्रसेनजित् तस्मात् क्षुद्रको भविता ततः ॥ १४ ॥

tasmāc chākyo ’tha śuddhodo lāṅgalas tat-sutaḥ smṛtaḥ tataḥ prasenajit tasmāt kṣudrako bhavitā tataḥ

From him will come Shakya; then Shuddhoda; his son is remembered as Langala; from him Prasenajit; and from him, Kshudraka.

Verse 15 (bhagavata.9.12.15)

रणको भविता तस्मात् सुरथस्तनयस्ततः । सुमित्रो नाम निष्ठान्त एते बार्हद्बलान्वयाः ॥ १५ ॥

raṇako bhavitā tasmāt surathas tanayas tataḥ sumitro nāma niṣṭhānta ete bārhadbalānvayāḥ

From him will come Ranaka; his son will be Suratha; and from him, Sumitra, with whom this line comes to its end. Such is the lineage descending from Brihadbala.

Verse 16 (bhagavata.9.12.16)

इक्ष्वाकूणामयं वंशः सुमित्रान्तो भविष्यति । यतस्तं प्राप्य राजानं संस्थां प्राप्स्यति वै कलौ ॥ १६ ॥

ikṣvākūṇām ayaṁ vaṁśaḥ sumitrānto bhaviṣyati yatas taṁ prāpya rājānaṁ saṁsthāṁ prāpsyati vai kalau

This dynasty of Ikshvaku will thus end with King Sumitra; once it reaches that king, the line will come to a final close in the age of Kali.