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Amsa 4 · Chapter 17

The Line of Druhyu

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Verse 1 (vishnu.4.17.1)

श्रीपराशर उवाच । द्रुह्योस्तु तनयो बभ्रुः ।

śrīparāśara uvāca druhyostu tanayo babhruḥ

Shri Parashara said: Druhyu's son was Babhru.

Verse 2 (vishnu.4.17.2)

बभ्रोः सेतुः ।

babhroḥ setuḥ

Babhru's son was Setu.

Verse 3 (vishnu.4.17.3)

सेतुपुत्र आरब्धनामा ।

setuputra ārabdhanāmā

Setu's son was named Aradbha.

Verse 4 (vishnu.4.17.4)

आरब्धस्यात्मजो गांधारः, गांधारस्य धर्मः, धर्मात्घृतः, घृतात्दुर्दमः, ततः प्रचेताः ।

ārabdhasyātmajo gāṁdhāraḥ, gāṁdhārasya dharmaḥ, dharmātghṛtaḥ, ghṛtātdurdamaḥ, tataḥ pracetāḥ

Aradbha's son was Gandhara; Gandhara's son was Dharma; from Dharma came Ghrita; from Ghrita, Durdama; and from him, Praceta.

Verse 5 (vishnu.4.17.5)

प्रचेतसः पुत्रः शतधर्मा, बहुलानां म्लेच्छानामुदीच्यानामाधिपत्यमकरोत् ।

pracetasaḥ putraḥ śatadharmā, bahulānāṁ mlecchānāmudīcyānāmādhipatyamakarot

Praceta's son was Shatadharma, who held sovereignty over the many mleccha peoples of the northern lands.

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