Description of the Future Royal Dynasties

Verse 1 (garuda.1.141.1)

हरिरुवाच । शतानीको ह्यश्वमेधदत्तश्चाप्यधिसोमकः । कृष्णोऽनिरुद्धश्चाप्युष्णस्ततश्चित्ररथो नृपः

hariruvāca śatānīko hyaśvamedhadattaścāpyadhisomakaḥ kṛṣṇo'niruddhaścāpyuṣṇastataścitraratho nṛpaḥ

Hari said: Shatanika, and then Ashvamedhadatta, Adhisomaka, Krishna, Aniruddha, Ushna, and then King Chitraratha —

Verse 2 (garuda.1.141.2)

शुचिद्रथो वृष्णिमांश्च सुपेणश्च सुनीथकः । नृचक्षुश्च मुखाबाणः मेधावी च नृपञ्जयः

śucidratho vṛṣṇimāṁśca supeṇaśca sunīthakaḥ nṛcakṣuśca mukhābāṇaḥ medhāvī ca nṛpañjayaḥ

Shuchidratha, Vrishnimat, Supena, Sunithaka, Nrichakshu, Mukhabana, Medhavi, and Nripanjaya —

Verse 3 (garuda.1.141.3)

पारिप्लवश्च मुनयो मेधावी च नृपञ्जयः । बृहद्रथो हरिस्तिग्मो शतानीकः सुदानकः

pāriplavaśca munayo medhāvī ca nṛpañjayaḥ bṛhadratho haristigmo śatānīkaḥ sudānakaḥ

Pariplava, the sage-like Sunaya, Medhavi, and Nripanjaya, Brihadratha, Haristigma, Shatanika, and Sudanaka —

Verse 4 (garuda.1.141.4)

उदानोऽह्निनरश्चैव दण्डपाणिर्निमित्तकः । क्षेमकश्च ततः शूद्रः पिता पूर्वस्ततः सुतः

udāno'hninaraścaiva daṇḍapāṇirnimittakaḥ kṣemakaśca tataḥ śūdraḥ pitā pūrvastataḥ sutaḥ

Udana, Ahinara, Dandapani, Nimittaka, and then Kshemaka — after him shudra kings will arise; first the father, then the son will reign —

Verse 5 (garuda.1.141.5)

बृहद्बलास्तु कथयन्ते नृपोश्चैक्ष्वाकुवंशजाः । बृहद्बलादुरुक्षयो वत्सव्यूहस्ततः परः

bṛhadbalāstu kathayante nṛpoścaikṣvākuvaṁśajāḥ bṛhadbalādurukṣayo vatsavyūhastataḥ paraḥ

these are told as the kings descended from Brihadbala, of the Ikshvaku lineage. From Brihadbala, Urukshaya; then Vatsavyuha.

Verse 6 (garuda.1.141.6)

वत्सव्यूहात्ततः सूर्यः सहदेवस्तदात्मजः । बृहदश्वो भानुरथः प्रतीच्यश्च प्रतीतकः । मनुदेवः सुनक्षत्रः किन्नरश्चान्तरिक्षकः

vatsavyūhāttataḥ sūryaḥ sahadevastadātmajaḥ bṛhadaśvo bhānurathaḥ pratīcyaśca pratītakaḥ manudevaḥ sunakṣatraḥ kinnaraścāntarikṣakaḥ

From Vatsavyuha, Surya; his son was Sahadeva. Then followed Brihadashva, Bhanuratha, Pratichya, Pratitaka, Manudeva, Sunakshatra, Kinnara, and Antarikshaka —

Verse 7 (garuda.1.141.7)

सुपर्णः कृतजिच्चैव बृहद्भ्राजश्च धार्मिकः । कृतञ्जयो धनञ्जयः संजयः शाक्य एव च

suparṇaḥ kṛtajiccaiva bṛhadbhrājaśca dhārmikaḥ kṛtañjayo dhanañjayaḥ saṁjayaḥ śākya eva ca

Suparna, Kritaji, and the righteous Brihadbhraja; Kritanjaya, Dhananjaya, Sanjaya, and Shakya —

Verse 8 (garuda.1.141.8)

शुद्धोदनो बाहुलश्च सेनजित्क्षुद्रकस्तथा । सुमित्रः कुडवश्चातः सुमित्रान्मागधाञ्छणु

śuddhodano bāhulaśca senajitkṣudrakastathā sumitraḥ kuḍavaścātaḥ sumitrānmāgadhāñchaṇu

Shuddhodana, Bahula, Senajit, Kshudraka, Sumitra, and Kudava — after Sumitra, hear of the kings of Magadha.

Verse 9 (garuda.1.141.9)

जरासन्धः सहदेवः सोमापिश्च श्रुतश्रवाः । अयुतायुर्निरमित्रः सुक्षत्रो बहुकर्मकः

jarāsandhaḥ sahadevaḥ somāpiśca śrutaśravāḥ ayutāyurniramitraḥ sukṣatro bahukarmakaḥ

Jarasandha, Sahadeva, Somapi, Shrutashravas, Ayutayu, Niramitra, Sukshatra, and Bahukarmaka —

Verse 10 (garuda.1.141.10)

श्रुतञ्जयः सेनजिच्च भूरिश्चैव शुचिस्तथा । क्षेम्यश्च सुव्रतो धर्मः श्मश्रुलो दृढसेनकः

śrutañjayaḥ senajicca bhūriścaiva śucistathā kṣemyaśca suvrato dharmaḥ śmaśrulo dṛḍhasenakaḥ

Shrutanjaya, Senajit, Bhuri, Shuchi, Kshemya, Suvrata, Dharma, Shmashrula, and Dridhasenaka —

Verse 11 (garuda.1.141.11)

सुमतिः सुबलो नीतो सत्यजिद्विश्वजित्तथा । इषुञ्जयश्च इत्येते नृपा बार्हद्रथाः स्मृताः

sumatiḥ subalo nīto satyajidviśvajittathā iṣuñjayaśca ityete nṛpā bārhadrathāḥ smṛtāḥ

Sumati, Subala, Nita, Satyajit, Vishvajit, and Ishunjaya — these are all remembered as kings of the Barhadratha line.

Verse 12 (garuda.1.141.12)

अधर्मिष्ठाश्च शूद्राश्च भविष्यन्ति नृपास्ततः । स्वर्गादिकृद्धि भगवान्साक्षान्नारायणोऽव्ययः

adharmiṣṭhāśca śūdrāśca bhaviṣyanti nṛpāstataḥ svargādikṛddhi bhagavānsākṣānnārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ

After them, unrighteous and shudra kings will arise. The maker of heaven and all such realms is the imperishable Lord Narayana himself.

Verse 13 (garuda.1.141.13)

नैमित्तिकः प्राकृतिकस्तथैवात्यन्तिको लयः । याति भूः प्रलयं चाप्सु ह्यापस्तेजसि पावकः

naimittikaḥ prākṛtikastathaivātyantiko layaḥ yāti bhūḥ pralayaṁ cāpsu hyāpastejasi pāvakaḥ

There are three kinds of dissolution: the occasional, the elemental, and the absolute. The earth dissolves into water; water into fire —

Verse 14 (garuda.1.141.14)

वायौ वायुश्च वियति त्वाकाशौ यात्यहङ्कृतौ । अहं बुद्धौ मतिर्जोवे जीवोऽव्यक्ते तदात्मनि

vāyau vāyuśca viyati tvākāśau yātyahaṅkṛtau ahaṁ buddhau matirjove jīvo'vyakte tadātmani

fire into air, air into space, space into the ego-principle; the ego into intellect, intellect into the living being, the living being into the Unmanifest, and the Unmanifest into that Self.

Verse 15 (garuda.1.141.15)

आत्मा परेश्वरो विष्णुरेको नारायणो नरः । अविनाश्यपरं सर्वं जगत्स्वर्गादि नाशि हि

ātmā pareśvaro viṣṇureko nārāyaṇo naraḥ avināśyaparaṁ sarvaṁ jagatsvargādi nāśi hi

That Self is the Supreme Lord Vishnu, the one Narayana-Purusha, imperishable and supreme. All else — this world, heaven, and the rest — is indeed perishable.

Verse 16 (garuda.1.141.16)

नृपादयो गता नाशमतः पापं विवर्जयेत् । धर्मं कुर्यात्स्थिरं येन पापं हित्वा हरिं व्रजेत्

nṛpādayo gatā nāśamataḥ pāpaṁ vivarjayet dharmaṁ kuryātsthiraṁ yena pāpaṁ hitvā hariṁ vrajet

Kings and all such rulers have gone to destruction; therefore one should forsake sin. One should perform steadfast dharma, by which, having abandoned sin, one may reach Hari.