कान्यकुब्जे हि नकुलो भविष्यति महाबलः
Nakula, of great strength, will be born in Kanyakubja.
सहदेवस्तु वलवाञ्जनिष्यति महामतिः
And Sahadeva, possessing strength, will be born as a person of great wisdom.
धृतराष्ट्रांश एवासौ जनिष्यत्यजमेरके
A portion of Dhritarashtra will be born in Ajameraka.
वेला नाम्ना च विख्याता तारकः कर्ण एव हि
Known by the name Velā, Tāraka will indeed be Karṇa.
कौरवाश्च भविष्यन्ति मायायुद्धविशारदाः 3.3.1.
And the Kauravas will be skilled in the art of magical warfare.
मया शक्त्यवतारेण रक्षणीया हि पांडवाः
By my empowered incarnation, the Pāṇḍavas must be protected.
महावती पुरी रम्या मायादेवीविनिर्मिता
The great and beautiful city, Mahāvatī, was created by the goddess Māyā.
देवकीजठरे जन्मोदयसिंह इति स्मृतः
Born in the womb of Devakī, you are remembered as Janmodaya-siṃha.
हत्वाग्निवंशजान्भूपान्स्थापयिष्यामि वै कलिम्
Having slain the kings descended from the fire dynasty, I will indeed establish the age of Kali.
प्रेतकार्याणि ते कृत्वा भीष्मान्तिकमुपाययुः
Having performed the funeral rites, they approached Bhishma.
राजधर्मान्मोक्षधर्मान्दानधर्मान्विभागशः
He taught them the duties of kings, the duties of liberation, and the duties of charity, each in turn.
षट्त्रिंशदब्दराज्यं हि कृत्वा स्वर्गपुरं ययुः
Having ruled for thirty-six years, they went to the city of heaven.
गच्छध्वं मुनयः सर्वे योगनिद्रावशो ह्यहम्
Go forth, O sages, for I am now under the sway of yogic sleep.
इति श्रुत्वा तु मुनयो नैमिषारण्यवासिनः
Hearing this, the sages dwelling in Naimisha forest—
द्वादशाब्दशते कालेऽतीते ते शौनकादयः
When a period of twelve hundred years had passed, those sages headed by Shaunaka—
उत्थाय देवखाते च स्नानध्यानादिकाः क्रियाः
Rising up, they performed their daily duties such as bathing and meditation at the sacred pond.
विनीतान्भगवन्भूमौ तदा तान्नृपतीन्वद
O Lord, at that time, tell us about those kings who were humble upon the earth.
सूत उवाच स्वर्गते विक्रमादित्ये राजानो बहुधाऽभवन्
Sūta said: After Vikramaditya ascended to heaven, many kings arose.
पश्चिमे सिंधुनद्यंते सेतुबन्धे हि दक्षिणे 3.3.2.१
On the western bank of the Sindhu river, and at the southern end of the bridge—
अष्टादशैव राष्ट्राणि तेषां मध्ये बभूविरे
There arose exactly eighteen kingdoms among them.
अन्तर्वेदी व्रजथ्यैवाजमेरं मरुधन्व च
Antarvedi, Vraja, Ajamera, Marudhanva—
आवंत्यं चोडुपं वंगं गौडं मागधमेव च
Avanti, Odra, Vanga, Gauda, and Magadha as well—
नानाभाषाः स्थितास्तत्र बहुधर्मप्रवर्तकाः
There, people of many languages resided, and many teachers of diverse faiths.
श्रुत्वा धर्मविनाशं च बहुवृंदैः समन्विताः
Hearing of the decline of righteousness, accompanied by many groups—
हिमपर्वतमार्गेण सिंधुमार्गेण चागमन्
They came by way of the Himalayan path and by the Sindhu route.
गृहीत्वा योषितस्तेषां परं हर्षमुपाययुः
Taking the women among them, they experienced great joy.
विक्रमादित्यपौत्रश्च पितृराज्यं गृहीतवान्
And the grandson of Vikramaditya took up his ancestral kingdom.
बाह्लीकान्कामरूपांश्च रोमजान्खुरजा च्छठान्
Bahlika, Kamarupa, the Romans, Khuraja, and the Chathas—
स्थापिता तेन मर्य्यादा म्लेच्छार्याणां पृथक्पृथक् 3.3.2.
By him, separate boundaries were established for the foreign peoples.
म्लेच्छस्थानं परं सिन्धोः कृतं तेन महात्मना
That great-souled one made a special region for the foreigners beyond the Sindhu.