लक्षमक्षौहिणी तेषां तद्भारेण वसुन्धरा
A hundred thousand divisions of their armies weighed down the earth.
स शौरेर्वसुदेवस्य देवक्यां जन्मनाविशत् 3.1.3.
He entered the womb of Devakī, wife of Vasudeva of the Śūra lineage, by birth.
पंचत्रिंशदुत्तरं च शतं वर्षं च भूतले
On earth, thirty-five years beyond a hundred passed.
चतुर्थचरणान्ते च हरेर्जन्म स्मृतं बुधैः
At the end of the fourth age, the birth of Hari is remembered by the wise.
राज्यमेकसहस्रं च ततोऽभूज्जनमेजयः
After that, Janamejaya ruled for one thousand years.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं यज्ञदत्तस्ततः सुतः
His son was Yajñadatta, who ruled as his father had.
सहस्रमेकं राज्यं तदुष्ट्रपालस्ततोऽभवत्
A single kingdom of a thousand years was then ruled by Uṣṭrapāla.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं धृतिमांस्तनयस्ततः
His son, steadfast, ruled the kingdom just as his father had.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं सुनीथस्तनयोऽभवत्
His son Sunītha ruled the kingdom in the same manner as his father.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं न चक्षुस्तनयस्ततः
His son Na Cakṣu governed the kingdom in the same way as his father.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं तस्मात्पारिप्लवस्सुतः
From him, his son Pāriplava ruled the kingdom as his father had.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं मेधावी तत्सुतोऽभवत् 3.1.3.
His son, intelligent, ruled the kingdom in the same way as his father.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं मृदुस्तत्तनयोऽभवत्
His son Mṛdu then ruled the kingdom as his father had.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं तस्माज्जातो बृहद्रथः
From him was born Bṛhadratha, who ruled the kingdom as his father did.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं शतानीकस्ततोऽभवत्
His son Śatānīka ruled the kingdom in the same way as his father.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं तस्माज्जातो ह्यहीनरः
From him was born Ahīnara, who ruled the kingdom as his father had.
पितुस्तुल्यं कृतं राज्यं क्षेमकस्तत्सुतोऽभवत्
His son Kṣemaka ruled the kingdom in the same manner as his father.
म्लेच्छैश्च मरणं प्राप्तो यमलोकमतो गतः
He met his death at the hands of the mlecchas and thus went to the realm of Yama.
म्लेच्छयज्ञः कृतस्तेन म्लेच्छा हननमागताः
He performed a sacrifice for the mlecchas, and the mlecchas came to be slain.
द्वापरयुगभूपाख्यानवर्णनम् सर्वं कथय मे तात त्रिकालज्ञ महामुने
O knower of the three times, great sage, tell me everything about the kings of the Dvāpara age.
आस्थितः स कथामध्ये नारदोऽभ्यागमत्तदा
As the story was being told, Nārada then arrived.
तं दृष्ट्वा हर्षितो राजा पूजयामास धर्मवित्
Seeing him, the righteous king rejoiced and offered him worship.
म्लेच्छैर्हतस्तव पिता यमलोकमतो गतः
Your father was slain by the mlecchas and thus went to the realm of Yama.
तच्छ्रुत्वा क्रोधताम्राक्षो ब्राह्मणान्वेदवित्तमान्
Hearing this, the brāhmaṇas, learned in the Veda, became red-eyed with anger.
यज्ञकुंडं चतुष्कोणं योजनान्येव षोडश
The sacrificial altar was four-sided, measuring exactly sixteen yojanas.
हारहूणान्बर्बरांश्च गुरुंडांश्च शकान्खसान्
He brought the Hāras, Hūṇas, Barbaras, Gurundas, and Śakas together.
द्वीप स्थितान्कामरूश्च चीनान्सागरमध्यगान्
He gathered those dwelling on islands, the Kāmarū people, the Chinese, and those living in the midst of the ocean.
ब्राह्मणान्दक्षिणां दत्त्वा अभिषेकमकारयत्
Having given gifts to the Brāhmaṇas, he performed the consecration ceremony.
म्लेच्छहंता नाम तस्य विख्यातं भुवि सर्वतः 3.1.4.
He became renowned everywhere on earth by the name 'Destroyer of the Mlecchas.'
स्वर्गलोकं गतो राजा तत्पुत्रो वेदवान्स्मृतः नारायणं पूजयित्वा दिव्यां स्तुतिमथाकरोत्
The king, having attained the heavenly realm, was remembered as Vedavān, his son; after worshipping Nārāyaṇa, he then composed a divine hymn.