पूरोर्वंशमहं धन्यं राज्ञाममिततेजसाम्। प्रवक्ष्यामि पितॄणां ते तेषां नामानि मे शृमु
I shall declare the illustrious lineage of Puru, of kings of immeasurable splendor; listen to the names of your ancestors.
अव्यक्तप्रभवो ब्रह्मा शाश्वतो नित्य अव्ययः। तस्मान्मरीचिः संजज्ञे दक्षश्चैव प्रजापतिः
Brahma, whose origin is unmanifest, eternal, everlasting, and imperishable—from him were born Marici and also Daksha, the lord of creatures.
अङ्गुष्ठाद्दक्षमसृजच्चक्षुर्भ्यां च मरीचिनम्। मरीचेः कश्यपः पुत्रो दक्षस्य दुहिताऽऽदितिः
From his thumb, Daksha was created; from his eyes, Marici. Marici's son was Kashyapa, and Daksha's daughter was Aditi.
अदित्यां कश्यपाद्विवस्थान्। विवस्वतो मनुर्मनोरिला
From Aditi and Kashyapa came Vivasvan; from Vivasvan, Manu; from Manu, Ila.
इलायाः पुरूरवाः। पुरूरवस आयुः। आयुषो नहुषः। नहुषस्य ययातिः
From Ila came Pururavas; from Pururavas, Ayu; from Ayu, Nahusha; from Nahusha, Yayati.
ययातेर्द्वे भार्ये बभूवतुः। उशनसो दुहिता देवयानी वृषपर्वणश्च दुहिता शर्मिष्ठा नाम
Yayati had two wives: Devayani, daughter of Ushanas, and Sharmishtha, daughter of Vrishaparvan.
तत्रानुवंशो भवति। यदुं च तुर्वसुं चैव देवयानी व्यजायत। द्रुह्यं चानुं च पूरुं च शर्मिष्ठा वार्षपर्वणी
Here is the succession: Devayani bore Yadu and Turvasu; Sharmishtha, daughter of Vrishaparvan, bore Druhyu, Anu, and Puru.
तत्र यदोर्यादवाः। पूरोः पौरवाः। पूरोर्भार्या कौसल्या बभूव। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे जनमेजयः
From Yadu came the Yadavas; from Puru, the Pauravas. Puru's wife was Kausalya, and in her Janamejaya was born.
स त्रीन्हयमेधानाजहार। विश्वजिता चेष्ट्वा वनं प्रविवेश
He performed three horse sacrifices, and after completing the Visvajit, he entered the forest.
जनमेजयस्तु सुनन्दां नामोपयेमे मागधीं। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे प्राचीन्वान्
Janamejaya married Sunanda, a princess of Magadha; in her, Pracinvan was born.
यः प्राचीं दिशं जिगाय। यावत्सूर्यादयात् तत्तस्य प्राचीनत्वम्
He conquered the eastern direction; as far as the sun rises, that is the extent of his eastern dominion.
प्राचीन्वांस्तु खल्वाश्मकीमुपयेमे यादवीम्। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे शस्यातिः
Pracinvan married Ashmaki, a Yadava woman; in her, Sasyati was born.
शय्यातिस्तु त्रिशङ्कोर्दुहितरं वराङ्गीं नामोपयेमे तस्यामस्य जज्ञेऽहंयातिः
Śayyāti took as his wife Triśaṅku's daughter, named Varāṅgī, and by her he begot Ahaṃyāti.
अहंयातिस्तु खलु कृतवीर्यदुहितरं भानुमतीं नामोपयेमे। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे सार्वभौमः
Ahaṃyāti indeed married Bhānumatī, the daughter of Kṛtavīrya; by her he begot Sārvabhauma.
सार्वभौमस्तु खलु जित्वाऽऽजहार कैकयीं सुन्दरां नाम तामुपयेमे। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे जयत्सेनः
Sārvabhauma, having conquered, took as his wife the beautiful Kaikayī, and by her he begot Jayatsena.
जयत्सेनस्तु खलु वैदर्भीमुपयेमे सुश्रवां नाम। तस्यामस्य जज्ञेऽपराचीनः
Jayatsena married the Vaidarbhī princess named Suśravā, and by her he begot Aparācīna.
अपराचीनस्तु खलु वैदर्भीमपरामुपयेमे मर्यादां नाम। तस्यामस्य जज्ञेऽरिहः
Aparācīna married another Vaidarbhī princess named Maryādā, and by her he begot Ariha.
अरिहः खल्वाङ्गीमुपेयेमे। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे महाभौमः
Ariha indeed married the Aṅgī princess, and by her he begot Mahābhauma.
महाभौमस्तु खलु प्रसेनजिद्दुहितरमुपयेमे सुयज्ञां नाम। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे अयुतानायी
Mahābhauma married Suyajñā, the daughter of Prasenajit, and by her he begot Ayutānāyī.
यः पुरुषमेधे पुरुषाणामयुतमानयत्तत्तस्यायुतानायित्वम्
He who brought ten thousand men in the human sacrifice—that is the reason for his name Ayutānāyī.
अयुतानायी तु खलु पृथुश्रवसो दुहितरमुपयेमे भासां नाम। तस्यामस्य जज्ञेऽक्रोधनः
Ayutānāyī married Bhāsā, the daughter of Pṛthuśravas, and by her he begot Akrodhana.
अक्रोधनस्तु खलु कालिङ्गीं कण्डूं नामोपयेमे। तस्यामस्य जज्ञे देवातिथिः
Akrodhana married the Kaliṅga princess named Kaṇḍū, and by her he begot Devātithi.
देवातिथिस्तु खलु वैदर्भीमुपयेमे मर्यादां नाम तस्यामस्य जज्ञे ऋचः
Devātithi married the Vaidarbhī princess named Maryādā, and by her he begot Ṛca.
ऋचस्तु खलु वामदेव्यामङ्गराजकन्यायामृक्षं पुत्रमजीजनत्
Ṛca, by Vāmadevī, the daughter of the king of Aṅga, begot a son named Ṛkṣa.
ऋक्षस्तु खलु तक्षकदुहितरं ज्वलन्तीं नामोपयेमे। तस्यामन्त्यनारमुत्पादयामास
Ṛkṣa married Jvalantī, the daughter of Takṣaka, and by her he begot Antyanāra.
अन्त्यनारस्तु खलु सरस्वत्यां द्वादशवार्षिकं सत्रमाजहार। तमुदवसाने सरस्वत्यभिगम्य भर्तारं वरयामास
Antyanāra performed a twelve-year sacrifice on the Sarasvatī river; at its conclusion, Sarasvatī herself approached him and chose him as her husband.
तस्यां पुत्रं जनयामास त्रस्नुं नाम। अत्रानुवंशो भवति
By her, he begot a son named Trasnu; here the lineage continues.
त्रस्नुं सरस्वती पुत्रमन्त्यनारादजीजनत्। इलिलं जनयामास कालिन्द्यांत्रस्नुरात्मजम्
Sarasvatī bore Trasnu as a son to Antyanāra; Trasnu begot Ilila by Kālinī.
इलिलस्तु रथन्तर्यां दुष्यन्तादीन्पञ्च पुत्रानजीजनत्
Ilila begot five sons, including Duṣyanta, by Rathantarī.
दुष्यन्तस्तु लाक्षीं नाम भागीरथीमुपयेमे तस्यामस्य जज्ञे जनमेजयः
Duṣyanta married Lākṣī, the Bhāgīrathī princess, and by her he begot Janamejaya.