The Line of Anu and the Kings of Anga

Verse 1 (vishnu.4.18.1)

श्रीपराशर उवाच । ययातेश्चातुर्थपुत्रस्यानोः सभानलचक्षुपरमेषुसंज्ञास्त्रयः पुत्रा बभूवुः ।

śrīparāśara uvāca yayāteścāturthaputrasyānoḥ sabhānalacakṣuparameṣusaṁjñāstrayaḥ putrā babhūvuḥ

Shri Parashara said: Anu, the fourth son of Yayati, had three sons named Sabhanala, Chakshu and Parameshu.

Verse 2 (vishnu.4.18.2)

सभानलपुत्रः कालानलः ।

sabhānalaputraḥ kālānalaḥ

Sabhanala's son was Kalanala.

Verse 3 (vishnu.4.18.3)

कालानलात्सृंजयः ।

kālānalātsṛṁjayaḥ

From Kalanala came Srinjaya.

Verse 4 (vishnu.4.18.4)

सृंजयात्पुरंजयः ।

sṛṁjayātpuraṁjayaḥ

From Srinjaya came Puranjaya.

Verse 5 (vishnu.4.18.5)

पुरंजयाज्जनमेजयः ।

puraṁjayājjanamejayaḥ

From Puranjaya came Janamejaya.

Verse 6 (vishnu.4.18.6)

तस्मान्महाशालः ।

tasmānmahāśālaḥ

From him came Mahashala.

Verse 7 (vishnu.4.18.7)

तस्माच्च महामनाः ।

tasmācca mahāmanāḥ

From him too came Mahamana.

Verse 8 (vishnu.4.18.8)

तस्मादुशीनरतितीक्षू द्वौ पुत्रावुत्पन्नौ ।

tasmāduśīnaratitīkṣū dvau putrāvutpannau

From him were born two sons, Ushinara and Titiksu.

Verse 9 (vishnu.4.18.9)

उशीनरस्यापि शिबिनृगनवकृमिवर्माख्याः पंच पुत्रा बभूवुः ।

uśīnarasyāpi śibinṛganavakṛmivarmākhyāḥ paṁca putrā babhūvuḥ

Ushinara too had five sons: Shibi, Nriga, Nava, Krimi and Varma.

Verse 10 (vishnu.4.18.10)

पृषदर्भसुवीरकेकयमद्रकाश्चत्वारः शिबिपुत्राः ।

pṛṣadarbhasuvīrakekayamadrakāścatvāraḥ śibiputrāḥ

Prishadarbha, Suvira, Kekaya and Madraka were the four sons of Shibi.

Verse 11 (vishnu.4.18.11)

तितीक्षोरपि रुशद्रथः पुत्रोऽभूत् ।

titīkṣorapi ruśadrathaḥ putro'bhūt

Titiksu too had a son named Rushadratha.

Verse 12 (vishnu.4.18.12)

तस्यापि हेमः, हेमस्यापि सुतपाः, सुतपसश्च बलिः ।

tasyāpi hemaḥ, hemasyāpi sutapāḥ, sutapasaśca baliḥ

His son was Hema; Hema's son was Sutapa; and Sutapa's son was Bali.

Verse 13 (vishnu.4.18.13)

यस्य क्षेत्रे दीर्घतमसा अंगवंगकलिंगसुह्मपौंड्राख्यं वालेयं क्षत्रमजन्यत ।

yasya kṣetre dīrghatamasā aṁgavaṁgakaliṁgasuhmapauṁḍrākhyaṁ vāleyaṁ kṣatramajanyata

In whose field the sage Dirghatamas begot the kshatriya lineage of Vali known by the names Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Suhma and Paundra.

Verse 14 (vishnu.4.18.14)

तन्नामसंज्ञाश्च पंच विषयाः बभूवुः ।

tannāmasaṁjñāśca paṁca viṣayāḥ babhūvuḥ

From their very names arose the five renowned territories.

Verse 15 (vishnu.4.18.15)

अंगादनपानस्ततो दिविरथः तस्माद्धर्मरथः ।

aṁgādanapānastato divirathaḥ tasmāddharmarathaḥ

From Anga came Anapana; from him Divirath; from him Dharmaratha.

Verse 16 (vishnu.4.18.16)

ततश्चित्ररथः रोमपादसंज्ञः ।

tataścitrarathaḥ romapādasaṁjñaḥ

From him came Chitraratha, also known by the name Romapada.

Verse 17 (vishnu.4.18.17)

यस्य दशरथो मित्रं जज्ञे ।

yasya daśaratho mitraṁ jajñe

Whose friend was Dasharatha.

Verse 18 (vishnu.4.18.18)

यस्याजपुत्रो दशरथः शांतां नाम कन्यामनपत्यस्य दुहितृत्वे युयोज ।

yasyājaputro daśarathaḥ śāṁtāṁ nāma kanyāmanapatyasya duhitṛtve yuyoja

To this childless Romapada, Dasharatha — Aja's son — gave over his own daughter Shanta to be adopted as his.

Verse 19 (vishnu.4.18.19)

रोमपादाच्चतुरंगः तस्मात्पृथुलाक्षः ।

romapādāccaturaṁgaḥ tasmātpṛthulākṣaḥ

From Romapada came Chaturanga; from him Prithulaksha.

Verse 20 (vishnu.4.18.20)

ततश्चंपः यश्चंपां निवेशयामास ।

tataścaṁpaḥ yaścaṁpāṁ niveśayāmāsa

From him came Champa, who founded the city of Champa.

Verse 21 (vishnu.4.18.21)

चंपस्य हर्यंगो नामात्मजोऽभूत् ।

caṁpasya haryaṁgo nāmātmajo'bhūt

Champa's son was named Haryanga.

Verse 22 (vishnu.4.18.22)

हर्यंगाद्भद्ररथः, भद्ररथाद्बृहद्रथः, बृहद्रथाद्बृहत्कर्मा, बृहत्कर्मणश्च बृहद्भानुः, तस्माच्च बृहन्मनाः, बृहन्मनसो जयद्रथः ।

haryaṁgādbhadrarathaḥ, bhadrarathādbṛhadrathaḥ, bṛhadrathādbṛhatkarmā, bṛhatkarmaṇaśca bṛhadbhānuḥ, tasmācca bṛhanmanāḥ, bṛhanmanaso jayadrathaḥ

From Haryanga came Bhadraratha; from Bhadraratha, Brihadratha; from Brihadratha, Brihatkarma; from Brihatkarma, Brihadbhanu; from him, Brihanmana; and from Brihanmana, Jayadratha.

Verse 23 (vishnu.4.18.23)

जयद्रथो ब्रह्मक्षत्रांतरालसंभूत्यां पत्न्यां विजयं नाम पुत्रमजीजनत् ।

jayadratho brahmakṣatrāṁtarālasaṁbhūtyāṁ patnyāṁ vijayaṁ nāma putramajījanat

Jayadratha begot, on a wife born of a union between a brahmin and a kshatriya, a son named Vijaya.

Verse 24 (vishnu.4.18.24)

विजयश्च धृतिं पुत्रमवाप ।

vijayaśca dhṛtiṁ putramavāpa

Vijaya's son was Dhriti.

Verse 25 (vishnu.4.18.25)

तस्यापि धृतव्रतः पुत्रोऽभूत् ।

tasyāpi dhṛtavrataḥ putro'bhūt

His son too was named Dhritavrata.

Verse 26 (vishnu.4.18.26)

धृतव्रतात्सत्यकर्मा ।

dhṛtavratātsatyakarmā

From Dhritavrata came Satyakarma.

Verse 27 (vishnu.4.18.27)

सत्यकर्मणस्त्वतिरथः ।

satyakarmaṇastvatirathaḥ

Satyakarma's son was Atiratha,

Verse 28 (vishnu.4.18.28)

यो गंगांगतो मंजूषागतं पृथापविद्धं कर्णं पुत्रमवाप ।

yo gaṁgāṁgato maṁjūṣāgataṁ pṛthāpaviddhaṁ karṇaṁ putramavāpa

who, on the banks of the Ganga, obtained as his son Karna — cast away by Pritha and found lying in a box.

Verse 29 (vishnu.4.18.29)

कर्णाद्वृषसेनः । इत्येतदंता अंगवंश्याः ।

karṇādvṛṣasenaḥ ityetadaṁtā aṁgavaṁśyāḥ

From Karna came Vrishasena. Here ends the line of the kings of Anga.

Verse 30 (vishnu.4.18.30)

अतश्च पुरुवंशं श्रोतुमर्हसि ।

ataśca puruvaṁśaṁ śrotumarhasi

Now, following this, you should hear of the Puru dynasty.